Genesis 22:15-24

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

22 et Chased et Azau Pheldas quoque et Iedlaph

23 ac Bathuel de quo nata est Rebecca octo istos genuit Melcha Nahor fratri Abraham

24 concubina vero illius nomine Roma peperit Tabee et Gaom et Thaas et Maacha

Genesis 22:15-24 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.