Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Genesis 22:6
Isaac's carrying the wood was a type of Christ, who carried his own cross, while Abraham, with a steady and undaunted resolution, carried the fatal knife and fire.
Isaac's carrying the wood was a type of Christ, who carried his own cross, while Abraham, with a steady and undaunted resolution, carried the fatal knife and fire.
Verse Genesis 22:6. _TOOK THE WOOD - AND LAID IT UPON ISAAC_] Probably the mountain-top to which they were going was too difficult to be ascended by the ass; therefore either the father or the son mus...
- Abraham Was Tested 2. מריה _morı̂yâh_, “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה _môr'âh_; “Septuagint,” ὑψηλή _hupsēlē_, Onkelos, “worship.” Some take the word to be a simple derivative, as the Septuagint...
CHAPTER 22 THE TESTING OF ABRAHAM _ 1. God's command (Genesis 22:1)_ 2. Abraham's obedience (Genesis 22:3) 3. Isaac's question and Abraham's answer (Genesis 22:7) 4. Isaac upon the altar ...
GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
ABRAHAM OBEYS THE DIVINE COMMAND TO SACRIFICE ISAAC, AND IS REWARDED BY THE SPARING OF HIS SON. The main narrative (Genesis 22:1) is from E, and the story, which is a literary masterpiece, is told wit...
ABRAHAM TOOK THE WOOD FOR. BURNT OFFERING AND LAID IT UPON ISAAC. Leaving the young men behind, he went forward with his son. The wood prepared at home for the burnt offering, laid upon Isaac, the pro...
LAID. Compare John 19:17. FIRE. Without doubt fire from Abraham's own altar (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:4; Genesis 13:18. and see note on...
_laid it upon Isaac_ Isaac carries the heavy weight of the wood; Abraham, the more dangerous burden of the fire (i.e. a brazier) and the knife....
From E; but Genesis 22:15 are, probably, from another source, possibly R. As a piece of simple and vivid narrative, this passage from E's narrative is unsurpassed. SPECIAL NOTE ON THE SACRIFICE OF IS...
DISCOURSE: 34 ISAAC A TYPE OF CHRIST Genesis 22:6. 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...
ABRAHAM TOOK THE WOOD, AND LAID IT UPON ISAAC— Hence it appears, among other circumstances, that Isaac must have been full-grown at this time. Josephus reports him to have been twenty-five. It appears...
PART THIRTY-FOUR THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: CONFIRMATION OF THE COVENANT Genesis 22:1-24 _The Sacrifice of Isaac_ (1-24) 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unt...
_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._ Abraham took the wood, ... Leavi...
FIRE] embers from the hearth carried in a vessel. 10. By this action Abraham in spirit and intention completed the sacrifice and showed his faith and obedience....
THE OFFERING OF ISAAC ON MOUNT MORIAH In this narrative we have the crowning proof that Abraham was willing to resign all that was dearest to him at the bidding of God, even that son on whose life dep...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 22 GOD TESTS ABRAHAM V1 After these things, God tested Abraham. God said to him, ‘Abraham’. And Abraham replied, ‘I am here.’ V2 God said, ‘Take...
וַ יִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת ־עֲצֵ֣י הָ עֹלָ֗ה
SACRIFICE OF ISAAC Genesis 22:1 THE sacrifice of Isaac was the supreme act of Abraham's life. The faith which had been schooled by so singular an experience and by so many minor trials was here perfe...
ABRAHAM READY TO OFFER ISAAC Genesis 22:1 Faith must be proved. Only in trial does she put forth her strength or dare the impossible. Satan tempts to bring forth the bad, God to call forth into exerc...
In this chapter we have the account of the seventh appearing of Jehovah to Abraham and it is that of his supreme testing and consequent bringing into fellowship with God. It must have been in many way...
"GOD WILL PROVIDE" Perhaps no one answer portrays the faith of Abraham as well as the one he gave to Isaac. They took the wood, knife and fire with them as they went toward the mountain. Isaac asked,...
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. So Jesus carried his cross. John 1...
We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
_THE GREAT TEST_ ‘It came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham,’ etc. Genesis 22:1 (R.V.) It is by trial that the character of a Christian is formed. Each part of his character, l...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, AND 24. But on this introduction of the heir, he necessarily becomes the main subject; and chapter 22 opens with it: "It came to pass after these thin...
AND ABRAHAM TOOK THE WOOD OF THE BURNT OFFERING,.... Which Josephus a says was laid upon the ass, and carried by that; and if so, he took it from thence: but it is probable it was carried by his two s...
_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._ Ver. 6. _And laid it upon Isaa...
Isaac's carrying the wood was a type of Christ, who carried his own cross, while Abraham, with a steady and undaunted resolution, carried the fatal _knife_ and _fire_....
1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 3 Hee giueth proofe of his faith and obedience. 11 The Angel stayeth him. 13 Isaac is exchanged with a ramme. 14 The place is called Iehouah-ijreh. 15 Abraham...
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. Abraham personally carried the knif...
The Journey to Moriah...
TENTH SECTION _The sacrifice of Isaac. The sealing of the faith of Abraham. The completion and sealing of the Divine Promise_ GENESIS 22:1-19 1And it came to pass after these things [preparatory the...
THE TRIAL OF ABRAHAM'S FAITH The time comes when God gives to Abraham one of the most sever trials of faith possible. When He calls his name, Abraham is fully alert and responsive, "Here I am." Surely...
3-10 Never was any gold tried in so hot a fire. Who but Abraham would not have argued with God? Such would have been the thought of a weak heart; but Abraham knew that he had to do with a God, even J...
Isaac, though called a _lad,_ GENESIS 22:5, was now a grown man, at least five and twenty years old, and therefore well able to bear that burden; and in this act he was an eminent type of Christ, who...
and brought us nigh, and the Advocate which keeps us nigh. Sin has been for ever obliterated from that platform on which God and the worshipper stand in hallowed fellowship. What was it which constitu...
Genesis 22:6 Abraham H85 took H3947 (H8799) wood H6086 offering H5930 laid H7760 (H8799) Isaac H3327 son...
‘And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife, and they went both of them together.' Isaac carries the wood. Abraham h...
Genesis 22:1 It is by trial that the character of a Christian is formed. Each part of his character, like every part of his armour, is put to the proof; and it is the proof that tests, after all, the...
Genesis 22:1. Abraham is the first, if not the greatest, of the heroes of the Hebrew people. A man dazed by life's illusions, a dreamer of strange dreams and a seer of impossible visions, he has yet a...
Genesis 22:1. _And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt-_ That is, «God did test or try»- Genesis 22:1. _Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he...
CONTENTS: Offering of Isaac. Abrahamic covenant again confirmed. CHARACTERS: God, Abraham, Isaac, angel. CONCLUSION: The man of faith must keep his eye on God, looking not at circumstances, nor pond...
Genesis 22:1. _God did tempt Abraham,_ who had now attained the height of all his earthly joys; and seen in Isaac the long-suspended promises fulfilled. He saw nature aided by divine power in his birt...
_God did tempt Abraham_ THE TRIAL OF ABRAHAM I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ABRAHAM WHEN THIS TRIAL CAME. His hope was set on Isaac as the medium through which God’s promise could be fulfilled, and he had...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 22:1 The conditional promises of Genesis 12:1 are now unconditionally guaranteed as a result of Abraham’s preparedness to sacrifice his son. Put to the test, Abraham displays r...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 22:5 I AND THE BOY WILL... COME AGAIN TO YOU. While Abraham is committed to sacrificing Isaac, he believes that both of them will return (see H
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 22:1. God did tempt Abraham.] Try, prove, or put to the test.— GENESIS 22:2. LAND OF MORIAH.] “A general phrase for the mountainous district of Jerusalem. But this _Moriah_ i...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 22:1 AND IT CAMS TO PASS—the alleged mythical character of the present narrative (De Wette, Bohlen) is discredited not more by express Scripture statement (Hebrews 11:17) than by i...
Now it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham (Genesis 22:1), Or tested Abraham or proved Abraham. "Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted of God: because God neve...
laid it. Isaiah 53:6 Matthew 8:17 Luke 24:26 Luke 24:27 John 19:17...
ABRAHAM OFFERS UP ISAAC Genesis 22:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The earliest sacrificial offerings. The story of the Cross is as old as the sin of man. Sacrifices looking forward to, and anticipating the...