Genesis 22

Genesis 22

Genesis 22:1 And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Notice me.”

Genesis 22:2 So he said, “Now take your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and sacrifice him there as an ascending offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”

Genesis 22:3 So Abraham got up early in the morning, tying his pack to his donkey, and took two of his young men and his son Isaac with him. And he cut the wood for the ascending offering and started out for the place of which God had told him.

Genesis 22:4 On the third day, Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place from a distance.

Genesis 22:5 Then Abraham told his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and return to you.”

Genesis 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the ascending offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So, they went both of them together.

Genesis 22:7 And Isaac told his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Notice, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for an ascending offering?”

Genesis 22:8 Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So, they went both of them together.

Genesis 22:9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

Genesis 22:10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

Genesis 22:11 But the agent of Yahveh called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Notice me.”

Genesis 22:12 He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, because now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not held back your only son, from me.”

Genesis 22:13 And Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and noticed behind him a ram, caught in a bush by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as an ascending offering instead of his son.

Genesis 22:14 So Abraham called the name of that place, “Yahveh will see to it”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of Yahveh it will be seen to.”

Genesis 22:15 And the agent of Yahveh called to Abraham a second time from the sky

Genesis 22:16 and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares Yahveh, because you have done this and have not held back your only son,

Genesis 22:17 Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your seed like the stars of the sky and the sand upon the beach. And your seed will possess the gate of his enemies,

Genesis 22:18 and because of your seed all the nations of the land will be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men and set out together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

Genesis 22:20 Now after these things, it was told to Abraham, “Notice, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

Genesis 22:21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

Genesis 22:22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

Genesis 22:23 (Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah gave birth to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

Genesis 22:24 His concubine, Reumah, also gave birth to  Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 22 quotes:

“In truth I am utterly shocked by Genesis 22—repeatedly shocked. I have finally persuaded myself that this story should be perpetually shocking. Given all that has transpired in the journey of Abraham and Sarah thus far, how could God make such a demand! But God does, and once again we are reminded that the future is not controlled by humans.”

Gossai, Hemchand. Barrenness and Blessing : Abraham, Sarah, and the Journey of Faith. Lutterworth Press, 2010. p. 106.

“For many people, Genesis 22 represents ‘that story which still causes controversy and alarm.”

Kessler, Edward. Bound by the Bible: Jews, Christians and the Sacrifice of Isaac. Cambridge University Press, 2004. p. 33.

” There is no question who Abraham was to sacrifice. In a very plain and repetitive way, God made it very, very clear that Abraham was to sacrifice Isaac. In five ways in the precept in our text God makes absolutely certain that it is Isaac whom Abraham is to offer as a burnt offering. It is (1) “thy son,” (2) “thine only son,” (3) “Isaac,” (4) “whom thou lovest,” and (5) “him.””

Bulter, John G. Isaac: The Promised Son. LBC Publications, 2008. p. 47.

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