Genesis 22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:24

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah ,.... Not an harlot, but a secondary wife, who was under the proper and lawful wife, and a sort of a head servant in the family, and chiefly kept for the procreation of children; which was not thought either unlawful or dishonourable in those times such as was Hagar in Abraham's family: she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah , of whom we have no account elsewhere; only it may be observed, that here Maachah is the name of a man,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22

The faith and obedience of Abraham put to a most extraordinary test, Genesis 22:1 . He is commanded to offer his beloved son Isaac for a burnt-offering, Genesis 22:2 . He prepares, with the utmost promptitude, to accomplish the will of God, Genesis 22:3-6 . Affecting speech of Isaac, Genesis 22:7 ; and Abraham's answer, Genesis 22:8 . Having arrived at mount Moriah he prepares to sacrifice his son, Genesis 22:9 , Genesis 22:10 ; and is prevented by an angel of the Lord, Genesis... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:1

God did tempt Abraham - The original here is very emphatic: אברהם את נסה והאלהים vehaelohim nissah eth Abraham , "And the Elohim he tried this Abraham;" God brought him into such circumstances as exercised and discovered his faith, love, and obedience. Though the word tempt, from tento , signifies no more than to prove or try, yet as it is now generally used to imply a solicitation to evil, in which way God never tempts any man, it would be well to avoid it here. The Septuagint used... 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

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