Genesis 22:12

_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 not thine hand upon the lad. It has been recently alleged ('Essays and Reviews,' Stanley's 'Jewish Church') that Abraham, from his long residence in Canaan, where the practice of immolating human victims obtained-as is related by Diodorus Siculus, and by Philo, who says that the barbarians sacrificed their children, as the most acceptable gift-had caught the fierce spirit of the Syrian ritual; and having, by the delusive influence of surrounding manners, been stimulated to imitate the devotion of his neighbours by offering his son on the altar, God mercifully interposed to arrest and correct the mistaken act of his pious servant. This is a totally erroneous view of the transaction. There is no appeara...

12._Now I know that thou fearest God_. The exposition of Augustine, ‘I have caused thee to know,’ is forced. But how can any thing become known to God, to whom all things have always been present? Truly, by condescending to the manner of men, God here says that what he has proved by experiment, is now made known to himself. And he speaks thus with us, not according to his own infinite wisdom, but according to our infirmity. Moses, however, simply means that Abraham, by this very act, testified how reverently he feared God. It is however asked, whether he had not already, on former occasions, given many proofs of his piety? I answer that when God had willed him to proceed thus far, he had, at length, completed his true trial; in other persons a much lighter trial might have been sufficient. (449) And as Abraham showed that he feared God, by not sparing his own, and only begotten son; so a...

11-14 It was not God's intention that Isaac should actually be sacrificed, yet nobler blood than that of animals, in due time, was to be shed for sin, even the blood of the only begotten Son of God. But in the mean while God would not in any case have human sacrifices used. Another sacrifice is provided. Reference must be had to the promised Messiah, the blessed Seed. Christ was sacrificed in our stead, as this ram instead of Isaac, and his death was our discharge. And observe, that the temple, the place of sacrifice, was afterwards built upon this same mount Moriah; and Calvary, where Christ was crucified, was near. A new name was given to that place, for the encouragement of all believers, to the end of the world, cheerfully to trust in God, and obey him. Jehovah-jireh, the Lord will provide; probably alluding to what Abraham had said, God will provide himself a lamb. The Lord will al...

Verse Genesis 22:12. _LAY NOT THINE HAND UPON THE LAD_] As Isaac was to be the _representative_ of Jesus Christ's _real_ sacrifice, it was sufficient for this purpose that in his _own will_, and the _will_ of his _father_, the _purpose_ of the immolation was complete. Isaac was now fully offered both by his father and by himself. The father yields up the son, the son gives up his life; on both sides, as far as _will_ and _purpose_ could go, the sacrifice was complete. God simply spares the father the torture of putting the knife to his son's throat. Now was the time when it might properly be said, "Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offering, and sacrifice for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure in them: then said _the Angel of the Covenant_, Lo! I come to do thy will, O God." Lay not thy hand upon the _lad_; an irrati...

- 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 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,

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 its own inherent difficulties—AFTER—how long after may be conjectured from the circumstance that Isaac was now a grown lad, capable of undertaking a three days journey of upwards of sixty miles—THESE THINGS (literally, words, of benediction, promise, trial that had gone before—THAT GOD—literally, _the Elohim, i.e. _neither Satan, as in 1 Chronicles 21:1, compared with...

AND HE SAID, LAY NOT THINE HAND UPON THE LAD,.... Which he was just going to stretch out, with his knife in it, to slay him; and though the Lord had bid him take his son, and offer him for a burnt offering, to try his faith, fear, love, and obedience, yet he meant not that he should actually slay him, but would prevent it when it came to the crisis; for he approves not of, nor delights in human sacrifices; and that this might not be dawn into an example, it was prevented; though the Gentiles, under the influence of Satan, in imitation of this, have practised it: NEITHER DO THOU ANYTHING UNTO HIM; by lacerating his flesh, letting out any of his blood, or wounding him ever so slightly in any part: FOR NOW I KNOW THAT THOU FEAREST GOD; with a truly childlike filial fear; with such a reverence of him that has fervent love, and strong affection, joined with it; with a fear that includes the...

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 said, Take now thy son,_ «But, Lord, I have two sons, Ishmael and Isaac.» Genesis 22:2. _Thine only son,_ «But, Lord, both Ishmael and Isaac are my sons, and each of them is the only son of his mother.» Genesis 22:2. _Isaac, whom thou lovest,_ See how definitely God points out to Abraham the son who is to be the means of the great trial of his f

FEAREST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

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 22:9) 5. The interference from above (Genesis 22:11) 6. Jehovah-jireh (Genesis 22:13) 7. The second message and Abraham's return ...