Genesis 22:14-24

14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

15 The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time

16 and said, “I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,

18 and through your offspring^[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,^[b] because you have obeyed me.”

19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

Nahor’s Sons

20 Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:

21 Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.”

23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.

Genesis 22:14-24 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.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 17:15; Judges 6:24
• 2. Isaiah 30:29
• 3. ver 8
• 4. S Genesis 16:7
• 5. S Genesis 21:17
• 6. Exodus 13:11; Exodus 32:13; Exodus 33:1; Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 62:8; Jeremiah 22:5; Jeremiah 44:26; Jeremiah 49:13; Jeremiah 51:14; Amos 6:8; Luke 1:73; Hebrews 6:13
• 7. S ver 2
• 8. S Genesis 12:2
• 9. Hebrews 6:14*
• 10. S Genesis 15:5; Exodus 32:13; Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 28:62
• 11. S Genesis 12:2; S Genesis 26:24; Genesis 32:12; Hosea 1:10; Romans 9:27; Hebrews 11:12
• 12. Genesis 24:60; Esther 9:2
• 13. S Genesis 12:2,3; Acts 3:25*; Galatians 3:8*
• 14. S ver 10; Genesis 17:2,9; Psalms 105:9
• 15. Genesis 21:14; Genesis 26:23; Genesis 28:10
• 16. S Genesis 11:29
• 17. S Genesis 10:23
• 18. Job 32:2; Jeremiah 25:23
• 19. Genesis 24:15,47; Genesis 25:20
• 20. Genesis 24:15
• 21. S Genesis 11:29
• 22. Genesis 25:6; Genesis 35:22; Genesis 36:12; Judges 8:31; 2 Samuel 3:7; 1 Kings 2:22; 1 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32; Song of Songs 6:8

Footnotes

• [a] Or "seed"
• [b] Or "and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings" (see 48:20)