Genesis 22:1-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:7

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 him, a sense of which he had not put off, and curbs his affections, which must be inwardly moving towards him, and showed great... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:8

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 in due time God would send into the world, John 10:36 , and make him an offering for sin, Isaiah 53:10 , and accept of him in the room... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:9

And they came to the place which God had told him of ,.... Mount Moriah. Maimonides F6 Hilchot Beth Habechirah, c. 2. sect. 1. 2. 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 of the ark, and is the altar on which Cain and Abel offered; and where the first man offered when... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:10

And Abraham stretched forth his hand ,.... All things being ready for execution, the altar built, the wood laid on it, the sacrifice bound and laid on that, nothing remained but to cut the throat of the sacrifice; and in order to that, the instrument for it laying by him, he put forth his hand, one would think in a trembling manner, for it is enough to make one tremble to think of it: and took the knife to slay his son ; with a full intention to do it, which was carrying his obedience to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:11

And the Angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven ,.... Not a created angel, but the eternal one, the Son of God, who perhaps appeared in an human form, and spoke with an articulate voice, as be frequently did; for that this was a divine Person is clear from his swearing by himself, and renewing the promise unto Abraham, Genesis 22:16 , and said, Abraham, Abraham ; the repeating his name denotes haste to prevent the slaughter of his son, which was just upon the point of doing,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:12

And he said, lay not thine hand upon the lad ,.... Which he was just going to stretch out, with his knife in it, to slay him; and though the Lord had bid him take his son, and offer him for a burnt offering, to try his faith, fear, love, and obedience, yet he meant not that he should actually slay him, but would prevent it when it came to the crisis; for he approves not of, nor delights in human sacrifices; and that this might not be dawn into an example, it was prevented; though the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:13

And Abraham lifted up his eyes ,.... They were before fixed upon his son lying upon the altar, and intent upon that part he was going to thrust his knife into; but hearing a voice from heaven above him, he lift up his eyes thitherward: and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns ; the ram making a noise and rustling among the bushes behind the place where Abraham was, he turned himself, and looked and saw it: the Targum of Onkelos introduces the clause... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:14

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh ,.... Which may be rendered either "the Lord hath seen", as the Septuagint, or "has provided", the future being put for the past, as Abendana observes, and so it is called, in answer to what Abraham had said, Genesis 22:8 ; "God will provide": now he had provided, and, as a memorial of it, gives the place this name; or "he will see or provide" F13 יהוה יראה "Dominus videbit", V. L. Montanus, Drusius, Schmidt; "Dominus... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:15

And the Angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time. The Angel having restrained him from slaying his son, and having provided another sacrifice, which he offered, calls to him again; having something more to say to him, which was to renew the covenant he had made with him, and confirm it by an oath. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:16

And said, by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord ,.... Which Aben Ezra observes is a great oath, and abides for ever; for because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, his own nature, perfections, and life, Hebrews 6:13 ; hence it appears, that the Angel that called to Abraham was a divine Person, the true Jehovah: for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son , thine only son ; that is, from the Lord, as in Genesis 22:12 ; and is here... read more

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