Genesis 22:11-21

11 et ecce angelus Domini de caelo clamavit dicens Abraham Abraham qui respondit adsum

12 dixitque ei non extendas manum tuam super puerum neque facias illi quicquam nunc cognovi quod timeas Dominum et non peperceris filio tuo unigenito propter me

13 levavit Abraham oculos viditque post tergum arietem inter vepres herentem cornibus quem adsumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio

14 appellavitque nomen loci illius Dominus videt unde usque hodie dicitur in monte Dominus videbit

15 vocavit autem angelus Domini Abraham secundo de caelo dicens

16 per memet ipsum iuravi dicit Dominus quia fecisti rem hanc et non pepercisti filio tuo unigenito

17 benedicam tibi et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas caeli et velut harenam quae est in litore maris possidebit semen tuum portas inimicorum suorum

18 et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terrae quia oboedisti voci meae

19 reversus est Abraham ad pueros suos abieruntque Bersabee simul et habitavit ibi

20 his itaque gestis nuntiatum est Abraham quod Melcha quoque genuisset filios Nahor fratri suo

21 Hus primogenitum et Buz fratrem eius Camuhel patrem Syrorum

Genesis 22:11-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 22

In this chapter we have an account of an order given by God to Abraham to sacrifice his son, Ge 22:1,2; of his readiness to obey the will of God, he immediately preparing everything for that purpose, Ge 22:3-10, of the order being reversed, and another sacrifice substituted in its room, which occasioned the giving a new name to the place where it was done, Ge 22:11-14; upon which the promise of special blessings, of a numerous offspring, and of the seed in whom all nations should be blessed, is renewed, Ge 22:15-18; after this Abraham returns to Beersheba, where he is informed of the increase of his brother Nahor's family, Ge 22:19-24.