genesis-22:2-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:18

And in thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed ,.... That is, in his one and principal seed, the Messiah, that should spring from him, Galatians 3:16 , in whom all the elect of God, of all nations under the heavens, are blessed with all spiritual blessings, with peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life, with grace here and glory hereafter; See Gill on Genesis 12:3 ; or, "shall bless themselves" F15 התברכו "benedicent se", Munster; to the same purpose Vatablus,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:2

Take now thy son - Bishop Warburton's observations on this passage are weighty and important. "The order in which the words are placed in the original gradually increases the sense, and raises the passions higher and higher: Take now thy son, (rather, take I beseech thee נא na ), thine only son whom thou lovest, even Isaac. Jarchi imagines this minuteness was to preclude any doubt in Abraham. Abraham desired earnestly to be let into the mystery of redemption; and God, to instruct him in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:3

Two of his young men - Eliezer and Ishmael, according to the Targum. Clave the wood - Small wood, fig and palm, proper for a burnt-offering - Targum. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:4

The third day - "As the number Seven," says Mr. Ainsworth, "is of especial use in Scripture because of the Sabbath day, Genesis 2:2 , so Three is a mystical number because of Christ's rising from the dead the third day, Matthew 17:23 ; 1 Corinthians 15:4 ; as he was crucified the third hour after noon, Mark 15:25 ; : and Isaac, as he was a figure of Christ, in being the only son of his father, and not spared but offered for a sacrifice, Romans 8:32 , so in sundry particulars he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:5

I and the lad will go and come again - How could Abraham consistently with truth say this, when he knew he was going to make his son a burnt-offering? The apostle answers for him: By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac - accounting that God was able to raise him up even from the dead, from whence also he received him in a figure, Hebrews 11:17 , Hebrews 11:19 . He knew that previously to the birth of Isaac both he and his wife were dead to all the purposes of procreation;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:6

Took the wood - and laid it upon Isaac - Probably the mountain-top to which they were going was too difficult to be ascended by the ass; therefore either the father or the son must carry the wood, and it was most becoming in the latter. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:7

Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb - Nothing can be conceived more tender, affectionate, and affecting, than the question of the son and the reply of the father on this occasion. A paraphrase would spoil it; nothing can be added without injuring those expressions of affectionate submission on the one hand, and dignified tenderness and simplicity on the other. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:8

My son, God will provide himself a lamb - Here we find the same obedient unshaken faith for which this pattern of practical piety was ever remarkable. But we must not suppose that this was the language merely of faith and obedience; the patriarch spoke prophetically, and referred to that Lamb of God which He had provided for himself, who in the fullness of time should take away the sin of the world, and of whom Isaac was a most expressive type. All the other lambs which had been offered from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:9

And bound Isaac his son - If the patriarch had not been upheld by the conviction that he was doing the will of God, and had he not felt the most perfect confidence that his son should be restored even from the dead, what agony must his heart have felt at every step of the journey, and through all the circumstances of this extraordinary business? What must his affectionate heart have felt at the questions asked by his innocent and amiable son? What must he have suffered while building the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:11

The angel of the Lord - The very person who was represented by this offering; the Lord Jesus, who calls himself Jehovah, Genesis 22:16 , and on his own authority renews the promises of the covenant. He was ever the great Mediator between God and man. See this point proved, Genesis 15:7 ; (note). read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:11

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