Genesis 22:5 - Exposition

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye (for similar forms of expression cf. Genesis 12:1 ; Genesis 21:6 ; Genesis 22:2 ) here with the ass; —partly because the beast required watching, though chiefly because the contemplated sacrifice was too solemn for any eyes but God's to witness— and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. An act of dissimulation on the part of Abraham (Knobel, Kalisch, Murphy); an unconscious prophecy; the expression of a hopeful wish (Lange); a somewhat confused utterance (Calvin, Keil); the voice of his all-conquering faith, which last seems the teaching of Hebrews 11:19 .