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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Genesis 22 In this chapter we have an account of an order given by God to Abraham to sacrifice his son, Genesis 22:1; of his readiness to obey the will of God, he immediately preparing everything for that purpose, Genesis 22:3, of the order being reversed, and another sacrifice substituted in its room, which occasioned the giving a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it came to pass after these things,.... Recorded in the preceding chapter: according to the Talmudists (b), the following affair was transacted quickly after the weaning of Isaac, when he was about five years old, which is the opinion of some, as Aben Ezra on Genesis 22:4; makes mention of; but that is an age when it can hardly be thought he...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
We have here the famous story of Abraham's offering up his son Isaac, that is, his offering to offer him, which is justly looked upon as one of the wonders of the church. Here is, I. The strange command which God gave to Abraham concerning it, ver. 1, 2. II. Abraham's strange obedience to this command, ver. 3-10. III. The strange issue of this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt- That is, “God did test or try”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, “But, Lord, I have two sons, Ishmael and Isaac.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said, take now thy son,.... Directly, immediately; not thine ox, nor thy sheep, nor thy ram, nor thy lamb, nor thy servant, but thy son: thine only [son] Isaac; for, though Ishmael was his son, he was a son by his maid, by his concubine, and not by his wife; Isaac was his only legitimate son, his only son by his lawful wife Sarah; the only...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thine only son, “But, Lord, both Ishmael and Isaac are my sons, and each of them is the only son of his mother.” Gen_22:2. Isaac, whom thou lovest, See how definitely God points out to Abraham the son who is to be the means of the great trial of his father’s faith: “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou loves”,”- Gen_22:2. And get thee...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Abraham rose up early in the morning,.... For it seems it was in a dream or vision of the night that the above orders were given; and as soon as it was morning he rose and prepared to execute them with all readiness, and without any hesitation and delay: and saddled his ass; for his journey, not to carry the wood and provision on, which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Abraham rose up early in the morning,- Obedience should be prompt, we should show our willingness to obey the Lord’s command by not delaying: “Abraham rose up early in the morning,”- Gen_22:3. And saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then on the third day,.... After he had received the command from God, and from his setting out on his journey; for he had now travelled two days, Mount Moriah being forty miles from Beersheba, where Abraham dwelt (s); or, as others compute it, forty: Hebron (t) was twenty miles from Beersheba, and Jerusalem twenty two from Hebron; and to travel...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. His was deliberate obedience; he could bear suspense, thinking over the whole matter for three days, and setting his face like a flint to obey his Lord’s command.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. Abraham did not deceive the young men, he believed that he and Isaac would come to them again. He believed that though he might be compelled to say his son, “God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering,.... Which Josephus (a) says was laid upon the ass, and carried by that; and if so, he took it from thence: but it is probable it was carried by his two servants, since it was not more than Isaac himself afterwards carried, as in the next clause: and laid [it] upon Isaac his son: who was a grown man,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; That knife was cutting into his own heart all the while, yet he took it. Unbelief would have left the knife at home, but genuine faith takes it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. Abraham here...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father,.... As they were walking together: and said, my father; a cutting word to Abraham, who knew what he was going to do with him, so contrary to the relation and affection of a parent: and he said, here [am] I, my son; what hast thou to say to me? I am ready to answer thee; he owns the relation he stood in unto...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Abraham said, my son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering,.... In which answer Abraham may have respect to the Messiah, the Lamb of God, John 1:29, whom he had provided in council and covenant before the world was; and who in promise, and type, and figure, was slain from the foundation of the world, Revelation 13:8; and whom...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they came to the place which God had told him of,.... Mount Moriah. Maimonides (f) says, "it is a tradition in or by the hands of all, that this is the place where David and Solomon built an altar in the threshing floor of Araunah, the Jebusite, and where Abraham built an altar, and bound Isaac on it; and where Noah built one when he came out...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, See him pulling out the large, rough, unhewn stones that lay round about the place, and then fling them up into an altar.