Category: Genesis Chapter 22
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The Bride in View – Genesis 22:20-24
Genesis 22:20-24 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah…
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The Son Returns on the Third Day – Genesis 22:19
Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. This is a brief verse, but it carries a quiet weight. Abraham comes back down the mountain and returns to the young men. The journey continues. They rise up and head back…
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The Son Set Free – Genesis 22:19
Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. This is one of those quiet verses that says more than it first appears to say. Abraham comes back down the mountain to the young men. The journey resumes. Life moves on.…
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Blessed Through Another’s Obedience – Genesis 22:15-18
Genesis 22:15-18 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy…
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Jehovah Jireh – Genesis 22:14
Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. Abraham names that place Jehovah jireh. The Lord will provide. The Lord will see. Both fit. Both are true. God saw exactly what Abraham needed, and God…
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A Ram Instead of a Lamb – Genesis 22:13
Genesis 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. Right when it looks like everything is about to happen, Abraham…
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Stop, Abraham – Genesis 22:10-12
Genesis 22:10-12 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for…
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God Will Provide Himself the Lamb – Genesis 22:7-9
Genesis 22:7-9 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they…
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Together to the Place of Sacrifice – Genesis 22:6
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 them together. This verse is loaded. Abraham takes the wood and lays it on Isaac. That alone is enough to stop…
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We Will Come Again – Genesis 22:5
Genesis 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. There is a quiet confidence in what Abraham says here that is easy to miss if you read it too quickly. He tells the young…
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The Third Day Journey – Genesis 22:4
Genesis 22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. There is something about that phrase that slows everything down. “On the third day…” That means this was not a quick moment of obedience. Abraham had three days to think about what God had asked of him.…
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Early Obedience – Genesis 22:3
Genesis 22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. What grabs me right away is…
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The Father and the Son – Genesis 22:1-2
Genesis 22:1-2 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah… … and offer him there for…