Genesis 22:1
TEMPT] RV 'prove,' i.e. put his faith and obedience to the proof.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEMPT] RV 'prove,' i.e. put his faith and obedience to the proof.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 depended the fulfilment of the divine promises. But his trial must be also regarded as the occasion of... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAND OF MORIAH] only mentioned again 2 Chronicles 3:1, 'Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in Mount Moriah.' Beneath the dome of the Mosque of Omar, which now stands on the site of the Jewish Temple, is the rock which is traditionally supposed to have been the scene o... [ Continue Reading ]
Abraham's assurance that he would return with Isaac indicates his hope that God would in some way preserve his son to him. 'He accounted that God was able to raise him up even from the dead: from whence also he received him in a figure' (Hebrews 11:19). He could not believe that the solemn promises... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The substitution of the ram involves a recognition of God's right to demand sacrifice for His sake, and preserves the spirit which prompted Abraham's act, while at the same time it indicates the objectionableness of human sacrifice.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOVAH-JIREH] 'The Lord will see.' IN THE MOUNT.. SEEN] Render, 'In Jehovah's mount (the Temple hill) He is seen,' i.e. 'He sees' the needs of His worshippers and 'is seen' by revealing Himself to them and 'providing' (as RV renders) for their wants. The words received their highest fulfilment whe... [ Continue Reading ]
HUZ] RV 'Uz.' Cp. Genesis 10:23, where Uz is given as the name of a son of Aram. Job is described as of the land of Uz, and his friend Elihu is called a Buzite. ARAM] probably the Syrians.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCUBINE] a secondary but lawful wife. By such alliances the influence and importance of the family in early times were increased. Regarding these names as those of tribes, what is suggested here is that the last four were related to the main group somewhat distantly.... [ Continue Reading ]