Genesis 22:1-4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 22:1-2

Here is the trial of Abraham's faith, whether it continued so strong, so vigorous, so victorious, after a long settlement in communion with God, as it was at first, when by it he left his country: then it was made to appear that he loved God better than his father; now that he loved him better than his son. Observe here, I. The time when Abraham was thus tried (Gen. 22:1): After these things, after all the other exercises he had had, all the hardships and difficulties he had gone through. Now,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 22:3-10

We have here Abraham's obedience to this severe command. Being tried, he offered up Isaac, Heb. 11:17. Observe, I. The difficulties which he broke through in this act of obedience. Much might have been objected against it; as, 1. It seemed directly against an antecedent law of God, which forbids murder, under a severe penalty, Gen. 9:5, 6. Now can the unchangeable God contradict himself? He that hates robbery for burnt-offering (Isa. 61:8) cannot delight in murder for it. 2. How would it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:1

And it came to pass after these things ,.... Recorded in the preceding chapter: according to the Talmudists F2 T. Bab. Sanhedrin: fol. 89. 2. , 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 should be able to carry such a load of wood as was sufficient to make a fire to consume a burnt offering, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:2

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 son of the promise, his only son, in whom his seed was to be called: whom thou lovest ; on whom his affections were strongly set, being a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:3

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 probably were carried by his servants, but to ride on; and this Jarchi thinks he did himself, and the words in their precise sense suggest this;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:4

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 F19 Bunting's Travels, p. 57. ; or, as others compute it, forty: Hebron F20 Reland. Palestina illustrata, tom. 2. p. 620. was twenty miles from Beersheba, and Jerusalem twenty two from Hebron; and to travel twenty miles a day on foot, as Isaac and the servants seem to... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 22:1-2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 22:3-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:4

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

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

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