Genesis 22:6-10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:7

Verse 7 7.My father. God produces here a new instrument of torture, by which he may, more and more, torment the breast of Abraham, already pierced with so many wounds. And it is not to be doubted, that God designedly both framed the tongue of Isaac to this tender appellation, and directed it to this question, in order that nothing might be wanting to the extreme severity of Abraham’s grief. Yet the holy man sustains even this attack with invincible courage; and is so far from being disturbed in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:8

Verse 8 8.So they went both of them together. Here we perceive both the constancy of Abraham, and the modesty of his son. For Abraham is not rendered more remiss by this obstacles and the son does not persist in replying to his father’s answer. For he might easily have objected, Wherefore have we brought wood and the knife without a lamb, if God has commanded sacrifices to be made to him? But because he supposes that the victim has been omitted, for some valid reason, and not through his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:9

Verse 9 9.And they came to the place. Moses purposely passes over many things, which, nevertheless, the reader ought to consider. When he has mentioned the building of the altar, he immediately afterwards adds, that Isaac was bound. But we know that he was then of middle age, so that he might either be more powerful than his father, or, at least, equal to resist him, if they had to contend by force; wherefore, I do not think that force was employed against the youth, as against one struggling... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 22:1-19

Mount Moriah, or the mount of sacrifice. I. ABRAHAM 'S TRIAL . 1. Divine in its origin . However explained, the appalling ordeal through which the patriarch at this time passed was expressly created for him by Elohim. Only he who made the human heart can adequately search it; and he alone who has a perfect understanding of the standard of moral excellence can pronounce upon the intrinsic worth of his creatures. 2. Unexpected in its coming . After all that had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 22:6

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; —instinctively the mind reverts to the cross-bearing of Abraham's greater Son ( John 19:17 )— and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife (to him terribly suggestive weapons); and they went both of them together. Doubtless in silence on Abraham's part and wonder on Isaac's, since as yet no declaration had been made of the true purpose of their journey. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 22:7

And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father ,—during the progress of the journey, after leaving the young men, solitude inviting him to give expression to thoughts which had been rising in his bosom, but which the presence of companions had constrained him to suppress— and said, My fathe r:—a term of filial reverence and endearment that must have lacerated Abraham's heart. As used by Isaac it signified a desire to interrogate his parent— and he said, Here am I, my son (literally, Behold me,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 22:8

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering:— the utterance of heroic faith rather than the language of pious dissimulation ( vide on Genesis 22:5 )— so they went both of them together. To see in this twice-repeated expression a type of the concurrence of the Father and the Son in the work of redemption (Wordsworth) is not exegesis. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 22:9

And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there ,— i.e. upon the mountain summit or slope ( Genesis 22:2 )— and laid the wood in order (it is scarcely likely that Isaac was permitted to assist in these affecting preparations), and bound Isaac his son, who must have acquiesced in his father's purpose, and thereby evinced his faith in the Divine commandment. The term "bound," though seeming to convey the idea of violence, derives its significance... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 22:10

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son —who even in the last moment offers no resistance, but behaves like a type of him who was led like a lamb to the slaughter ( Isaiah 53:7 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 22:1-24

- Abraham Was Tested2. מריה morı̂yâh, “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh; “Septuagint,” ὑψηλή hupsēlē, Onkelos, “worship.” Some take the word to be a simple derivative, as the Septuagint and Onkelos, meaning “vision, high, worship.” It might mean “rebellious.” Others regard it as a compound of יה yâh, “Jah, a name of God,” and מראה mı̂r'eh, “shown,” מורה môreh, “teacher,” or מורא môrā', “fear.”14. יראה yı̂r'ēh, “Jireh, will provide.”16, נאם ne'um, ῥῆμα rēma, “dictum, oracle;... read more

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