Genesis 22:11-14 NLT,NIV,ESV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 22:12

Genesis 22:12. Lay not thy hand upon the lad God’s time to help his people is, when they are brought to the greatest extremity: the more imminent the danger is, and the “nearer to be put in execution,” the more wonderful and the more welcome is the deliverance. Now I know that thou fearest God God knew it before, but now Abraham had given a memorable evidence of it. He need do no more; what he had done was sufficient to prove the religious regard he had to God and his authority. The best... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 22:13

Genesis 22:13. Behold a ram Though that blessed Seed was now typified by Isaac, yet the offering of him up was suspended till the latter end of the world, and in the mean time the sacrifice of beasts was accepted, as a pledge of that expiation which should be made by that great Sacrifice. And it is observable, that the temple, the place of sacrifice, was afterward built upon this mount Moriah, 2 Chronicles 3:1; and mount Calvary, where Christ was crucified, was not far off. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 22:14

Genesis 22:14. Abraham called the place Jehovah-jireh That is, The Lord will provide, alluding, it seems, to what he had said, Genesis 22:8, God will provide himself a lamb. This was purely the Lord’s doing: let it be recorded for the generations to come, that the Lord will see and provide; will always have his eyes upon his people in their straits, that he may come in with seasonable succour in the critical juncture: as it is said to this day The time when Moses wrote this... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:1-19

The offering of Isaac (22:1-19)Although Abraham probably knew that certain peoples of the ancient world at times sacrificed children to the gods, he was no doubt shocked when God told him to sacrifice Isaac. It tested not only his obedience but also his faith, because once Isaac was dead, God could no longer fulfil his covenant promise of giving Isaac a multitude of descendants. A conflict existed between obedience to God’s command and faith in his promise. Nevertheless, Abraham obeyed,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 22:11

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. Abraham . . .Abraham. Figure of speech Epizeuxis ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Compare the 10 Duplications: (1) Seven used by God to men: Genesis 22:11 ; Genesis 46:2 .Exodus 3:4 . 1 Samuel 3:10 . Luke 10:41 ; Luke 22:31 .Acts 9:4 ; (2) Three under other circumstances: Matthew 7:21 , Matthew 7:22 (Luke 6:46 ; Luke 13:25 ), Matthew 23:37 (Luke 13:34 ). Mark 15:34 (Matthew 27:46 . Psalms 22:1 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 22:13

lifted up his eyes. Figure of speech Pleonasm, for emph, ( App-6 ). looked. See note on Genesis 13:14 . behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. a ram. Some Codices (with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac) read "one ram", i.e. a solitary ram. a thicket. Hebrew the thicket. in the stead. Here is the doctrine of substitution, clearly stated. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 22:14

Jehovah-jireh. Hebrew. Jehovah will see, or provide, as in Genesis 22:8 . See App-4 . In the mount, &c. Figure of speech Paroemia. it shall be seen: it will be provided, or "in the mount Jehovah will be seen". So it was in 2 Samuel 24:25 . 1 Chronicles 21:26 . 2 Chronicles 7:1-3 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 22:11-12

"And the angel of Jehovah called out of heaven, and said, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.""The angel of Jehovah ..." "The angel of the Lord is the Lord himself, as the context shows (Genesis 22:11-12,15-18; 18:2,22; 19:1)."[21] Again and again, this glorious person appears throughout the Scriptures, as notably also... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 22:13-14

"And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place, Jehovah-jireh, it shall be provided.""A ram caught in a thicket ..." So, God indeed saw a lamb for the sacrifice, but Abraham could only see his son, until the angel of Jehovah stopped his hand."Jehovah-jireh ..." means "The Lord will provide," and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 22:12

Genesis 22:12. Lay not thine hand— As by the command Abraham understood the nature of man's redemption, he must know also how the scenical representation was to end. Isaac was made the person, or representative of Christ dying for us. The Son of God, he knew, could not possibly lie under the dominion of the grave. Hence, he must needs conclude, either that God would stop his hand, when he came to give the sacrificing stroke; or that, if the revelation of this mystery was to be represented... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 22:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 22:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 22:14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 22:11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 22:13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 22:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 22:11-12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 22:13-14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 22:12

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