Genesi 22:5

5 E Abrahamo disse ai suoi servitori: "Rimanete qui con l’asino; io ed il ragazzo andremo fin colà e adoreremo; poi torneremo a voi".

Genesi 22:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 22:5

And Abraham said unto the young men, abide you here with the
ass
At the place from whence he had his first sight of Mount Moriah: he chose not to take his two servants with him, lest when they saw him binding his son, and going about to sacrifice him, they should lay hold upon him, and restrain him from doing it; and to prevent this he takes this precaution, which shows how fully intent he was to yield obedience to the divine precept:

and I and the lad will go yonder and worship;
pointing to the place where the signal was, but whether they saw it or no is not certain: the Jews say ^F26 Isaac did see it, but they did not; however, Abraham made them to understand that he was going to one of the mountains which were in sight, and there worship God by offering sacrifice to him. Isaac is here called a "lad"; of what age he was at this time, (See Gill on Genesis 22:2); and he might be at the largest number of years there mentioned, and yet be so called, since Joshua the son of Nun has this appellation when he was fifty six years of age, ( Exodus 33:11 ) :

and come again to you,
both he and Isaac; this he said under a spirit of prophecy, as Jarchi thinks, or in the faith of Isaac's resurrection from the dead, ( Hebrews 11:19 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Bereshit Rabba (sect. 56. fol. 49. 2, 3.) and Pirke Eliezer, ut supra. (c. 31.)

Genesi 22:5 In-Context

3 E Abrahamo levatosi la mattina di buon’ora, mise il basto al suo asino, prese con sé due de’ suoi servitori e Isacco suo figliuolo, spaccò delle legna per l’olocausto, poi partì per andare al luogo che Dio gli avea detto.

4 Il terzo giorno, Abrahamo alzò gli occhi e vide da lontano il luogo.

5 E Abrahamo disse ai suoi servitori: "Rimanete qui con l’asino; io ed il ragazzo andremo fin colà e adoreremo; poi torneremo a voi".

6 E Abrahamo prese le legna per l’olocausto e le pose addosso a Isacco suo figliuolo; poi prese in mano sua il fuoco e il coltello, e tutti e due s’incamminarono assieme.

7 E Isacco parlò ad Abrahamo suo padre e disse: "Padre mio!" Abrahamo rispose: "Eccomi qui, figlio mio". E Isacco: "Ecco il fuoco e le legna; ma dov’è l’agnello per l’olocausto?"