1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac.
3 He gives proof of his faith and obedience.
11 The angel prevents him.
13 Isaac is exchanged for a ram.
14 The place is called Jehovah-jireh.
15 Abraham is again blessed.
20 The generations of Nahor unto Rebekah.

A.M. 2132. B.C. 1872. Jos. Ant. God. Ex 15:25,26 16:4 De 8:2 13:3 Jud 2:22 2Sa 24:1 2Ch 32:31 Pr 17:3 1Co 10:13 Heb 11:17 Jas 1:12-14 2:21 1Pe 1:7

tempt. Or prove, or try, as tempt, from tento, originally signified.

Behold, here I am. Heb. Behold me. 7,11 Ex 3:4 Isa 6:8

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Take. 17:19 21:12 Joh 3:16 Ro 5:8 8:32 Heb 11:17 1Jo 4:9,10

Moriah. 2Ch 3:1

and offer. Jud 11:31,39 2Ki 3:27 Mic 6:7

3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

17:23 21:14 Ps 119:60 Ec 9:10 Isa 26:3,4 Mt 10:37 Mr 10:28-31 Lu 14:26 Ga 1:16 Heb 11:8,17-19

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

third. Ex 5:3 15:22 19:11,15 Le 7:17 Nu 10:33 19:12,19 31:19 Jos 1:11 2Ki 20:5 Es 5:1 Ho 6:2 Mt 17:23 Lu 13:32 1Co 15:4

saw. 1Sa 26:13

5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

Abide. Heb 12:1

come. Heb 11:19

6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

laid it. Isa 53:6 Mt 8:17 Lu 24:26,27 Joh 19:17 1Pe 2:24

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

My father. Mt 26:39,42 Joh 18:11 Ro 8:15

Here am I. Heb. Behold me. 1

but. 4:2-4 8:20

lamb. or, kid. Ex 12:3

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

18:14 2Ch 25:9 Mt 19:26 Joh 1:29,36 1Pe 1:19,20 Re 5:6,12 Re 7:14 13:8

9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

place. 2-4 Mt 21:1-46 26:1-27:66

built. 8:20

bound. Ps 118:27 Isa 53:4-10 Mt 27:2 Mr 15:1 Joh 10:17,18 Ac 8:32 Ga 3:13 Eph 5:2 Php 2:7,8 Heb 9:28 1Pe 2:24

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

Isa 53:6-12 Heb 11:17-19 Jas 2:21-23

11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

angel. 12,16 16:7,9,10 21:17

Abraham. 1 Ex 3:4 1Sa 3:10 Ac 9:4 26:14

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Lay. 1Sa 15:22 Job 5:19 Jer 19:5 Mic 6:6-8 1Co 10:13 2Co 8:12 Heb 11:19

now. 20:11 26:5 42:18 Ex 20:20 1Sa 12:24,25 15:22 Ne 5:15 Job 28:28 Ps 1:6 2:11 25:12,14 111:10 112:1 147:11 Pr 1:7 Ec 8:12,13 12:13 Jer 32:40 Mal 4:2 Mt 5:16 10:37,38 16:24 Mt 19:29 Ac 9:31 Heb 12:28 Jas 2:18,21,22 Re 19:5

seeing. Joh 3:16 Ro 5:8 8:32 1Jo 4:9,10

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

behind. 8 Ps 40:6-8 89:19,20 Isa 30:21 1Co 10:13 2Co 1:9,10

in the. 1Co 5:7,8 1Pe 1:19,20

14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

called. 16:13,14 28:19 32:30 Ex 17:15 Jud 6:24 1Sa 7:12 Eze 48:35

Jehovah-jireh. i.e., The Lord will see, or provide. 8,13 Ex 17:15

In. De 32:36 Ps 22:4,5 Da 3:17 *etc: Mic 4:10 Joh 1:14 2Co 1:8-10 1Ti 3:16

it shall be seen. 'In the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.' The meaning is, that God, in the greatest difficulties, when all human assistance is vain, will make a suitable provision for the deliverance of those who trust in Him.

15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

12:2 Ps 105:9 Isa 45:23 Jer 49:13 51:14 Am 6:8 Lu 1:73 Ro 4:13,14 Heb 6:13,14

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

in blessing. 12:2 27:28,29 28:3,14 *etc: 49:25,26 De 28:2-13 Eph 1:3

I will multiply. See on ch. 13:16 15:5 17:6 26:4 De 1:10 Jer 33:22

shore. Heb. lip. 1Ki 9:26

thy seed. 24:60 Nu 24:17-19 De 21:19 Jos 1:1-10:43 2Sa 8:1-18 10:1-19 Ps 2:8,9 72:8,9 Jer 32:22 Da 2:44,45 Mic 1:9 Lu 1:68-75 1Co 15:57 Re 11:15

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

And in. See on ch. 12:3 18:18 26:4 Ps 72:17 Ac 3:25 Ro 1:3 Ga 3:8,9,16,18,28,29 Eph 1:3

obeyed. 3,10 26:5 1Sa 2:30 Jer 7:23 Heb 11:1-40

19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

So Abraham. 5

to Beer-sheba. 21:31 Jos 15:28 Jud 20:1

20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

A.M. 2142. B.C. 1862. told. Pr 25:25

Milcah. 11:29 24:15,24

Nahor. 11:26 24:10,24 31:53

21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

Huz. Job 1:1

Uz. Buz. Job 32:2

Kemuel. Kemuel might have given name to the Kamilites, a people of Syria, mentioned by Strabo, to the west of the Euphrates.

Aram. Syrians. 24:10 Nu 23:7 Ps 60:1-12 *title

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Bethuel. 24:15,24,47 25:20 28:2,5

Rebekah. 24:51,60,67 Ro 9:10

Rebecca.

24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

concubine. 16:3 25:6 Pr 15:25

Maachah. He may have been the father of the Macetes, in Arabia Felix: there is a city called Maca towards the straits of Ormus.