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Verse Genesis 22:4. _THE THIRD DAY_] "As the number SEVEN," says Mr.
Ainsworth, "is of especial use in Scripture because of the _Sabbath_
day, Genesis 2:2, so THREE is a mystical number because of Ch...
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- 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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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THE THIRD DAY. No. 3. Symb. of resurrection (App-10). Compare Genesis
22:5, "Come again, "1st pers. Plural. Exactly. days journey from
Beer-sheba to Moriah. Gerizim Isaiah 2 days further....
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_On the third day … afar off_ The "place" was on a lofty eminence
visible at a distance. Presumably "the third day" indicates a journey
of 30 or 40 miles. The journey from Beer-sheba to Jerusalem is
c...
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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...
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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...
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_THEN ON THE THIRD DAY ABRAHAM LIFTED UP HIS EYES, AND SAW THE PLACE
AFAR OFF._
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes. Stanley, who follows the
Samaritan version in reading Moreh here, and cons...
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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...
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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...
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ON THE THIRD DAY. — We may compare the patriarch’s feelings during
these two weary days of travel with those of Hagar as she wandered in
the wilderness, and each day felt the death of her child growin...
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בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ שְּׁלִישִׁ֗י וַ
יִּשָּׂ֨א...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ABRAHAM OBEYED THE LORD'S COMMAND
He went in exactly the manner God prescribed. "So Abraham rose early
in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men
with him, and Isaac his son;...
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Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place
afar off.
Probably God gave the Patriarch some token, by which he might know the
spot....
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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...
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_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...
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4._And saw the place_. He saw, indeed, with his eyes, the place which
before had been shown him in secret vision. But when it is said, that
he lifted up his eyes, Moses doubtless signifies, that he ha...
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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...
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THEN ON THE THIRD DAY,.... After he had received the command from God,
and from his setting out on his journey; for he had now travelled two
days, Mount Moriah being forty miles from Beersheba, where...
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Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place
afar off.
Ver. 4. _Then on the third day._] A great while for him to be
plodding, ere he came to the place. But we must conceive th...
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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...
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Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place a
far off. The distance from Beersheba to Jerusalem was forty-five to
fifty miles and therefore required about two and one-half days...
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The Journey to Moriah...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Probably on the beginning of the third day. It is true, Moriah was not
three days journey from Beer-sheba. But it must be considered that the
ass, upon which he rode, is a dull and slow creature, and...
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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...
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Genesis 22:4 third H7992 day H3117 Abraham H85 lifted H5375 (H8799)
eyes H5869 saw H7200 (H8799) place...
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‘And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and
took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and went to the
place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 22:4 ON THE THIRD DAY. It requires about two
days to travel on foot from Beersheba to Jerusalem, a distance of
about 45 miles (72 km). Elsewhere, two days represents the time s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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third. Exodus 5:3 Exodus 15:22 Exodus 19:11 Exodus 19:15 Leviticus
7:17...
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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...