Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come back to you.”
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Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come back to you.”
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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.
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And Abraham said unto his young men: 'Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come back to you.'
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- Hebrews 11:19 concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He doubted not, but God would accomplish his promise,…
He doubted not, but God would accomplish his promise, though he should sacrifice his son.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men,…
Gen 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.
Ver. 5. Abide ye here with the ass.] This, the Hebrews use for a proverb, against such as are dull and uncapable. Zophar saith, that "man is born as a wild ass’s colt". {Job 11:12} As an "ass’s foal" for rudeness, and "a wild ass’s" for unruliness. It imports that he is untamed and untractable, till a new heart be put into him. Agur had not the understanding of a man, till he spake to Ithiel and Ucal for it. {Pro 30:1-2} He wants the whole man, totum hominis , that doth not fear God and keep his commandments. {Ecc 12:13} Tu et asinus unum estote , will not do it; which was the counsel given to a young novice entering a monastery {a}
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And come again to you.] Nesciens formam rei futurae, prophetavit sciens de eventu, prophetavit quod ignoravit , saith Ambrose. {b}
{a} Alex. Cook’s Abatement of Popish Brags.
{b} Epist.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Abraham said this, lest they should hinder him in…
Abraham said this, lest they should hinder him in the execution of his design.
I and the lad will come again to you; for he knew that God both could and would for his promise sake, either preserve Isaac from being sacrificed, or afterward raise him from the dead, as it is intimated, Heb 11:19.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Abraham said unto the young men, abide you…
And Abraham said unto the young men, abide you here with the ass,.... At the place from whence he had his first sight of Mount Moriah: he chose not to take his two servants with him, lest when they saw him binding his son, and going about to sacrifice him, they should lay hold upon him, and restrain him from doing it; and to prevent this he takes this precaution, which shows how fully intent he was to yield obedience to the divine precept:
and I and the lad will go yonder and worship; pointing to the place where the signal was, but whether they saw it or no is not certain: the Jews say (z) Isaac did see it, but they did not; however, Abraham made them to understand that he was going to one of the mountains which were in sight, and there worship God by offering sacrifice to him. Isaac is here called a "lad"; of what age he was at this time; see Gill on Gen 22:2; and he might be at the largest number of years there mentioned, and yet be so called, since Joshua the son of Nun has this appellation when he was fifty six years of age, Exo 33:11,
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and come again to you, both he and Isaac; this he said under a spirit of prophecy, as Jarchi thinks, or in the faith of Isaac's resurrection from the dead, Heb 11:19.
(z) Bereshit Rabba (sect. 56. fol. 49. 2, 3.) and Pirke Eliezer, ut supra. (c. 31.)
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. I and the lad will go and…
Verse 5. I and the lad will go and come again] How could Abraham consistently with truth say this, when he knew he was going to make his son a burnt-offering? The apostle answers for him: By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac - accounting that God was able to raise him up even from the dead, from whence also he received him in a figure, Heb 11:17; Heb 11:19. He knew that previously to the birth of Isaac both he and his wife were dead to all the purposes of procreation; that his birth was a kind of life from the dead; that the promise of God was most positive, In Isaac shall thy seed be called, Ge 21:12; that this promise could not fail; that it was his duty to obey the command of his Maker; and that it was as easy for God to restore him to life after he had been a burnt-offering, as it was for him to give him life in the beginning. Therefore he went fully purposed to offer his son, and yet confidently expecting to have him restored to life again. We will go yonder and worship - perform a solemn act of devotion which God requires, and come again to you.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Will return. He hoped, perhaps, that God would restore…
Will return. He hoped, perhaps, that God would restore Isaac to life: (Hebrews xi. 19.) and he could not well express himself otherwise to the men, who were not acquainted with the divine decree. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. I and the lad will go yonder —…
5. I and the lad will go yonder — Abraham doubtless took the ass and his servants to the foot of the mountain, so as to carry the wood and the fire no unnecessary distance. From the junction of the valleys Hinnon and Kedron the heights of Moriah would seem afar off, and be properly spoken of as yonder.
And come again to you — These words may have been designed to conceal from his servants the purpose of his heart; but according to Heb_11:17, he had confidence that God would raise up his son from the dead. By faith he spoke, in this verse and Gen_22:8, more wisely than he knew, and his words were a true prophecy.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. I and the lad] Abraham’s words are either…
5. I and the lad] Abraham’s words are either intended to conceal his intention; or they imply hope, against all hope. “Come again,” i.e. come back to the young men. He will not let the servants know the nature of the expedition.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) I and the lad will . . .…
(5) I and the lad will . . . come again to you.—In these words Abraham gives utterance to the hope ascribed to him in Heb_11:19. The belief in the resurrection of the body was no new thing with Abraham, as it was part of the creed both of Chaldea and Egypt (Tomkins, Studies, p. 127).
God will provide himself a lamb.—Heb., the lamb. We learn from Heb_11:17-19, that Abraham expected that he was to consummate the sacrifice, but that Isaac would be restored to him from the dead, and the promise that his seed was to be born of him so fulfilled. The bestowal of Isaac had been so extraordinary, that Abraham would not feel staggered at what otherwise would have seemed incredible. Apparently, therefore, he meant Isaac by the lamb, thus showing that it was not he who chose the victim, but God. The few words that passed between father and son, the notice by the latter that amid such careful preparation no victim had been provided, the father’s answer that that matter was left to God, the resolute faith of the one, and the trusting submission of the other, as “they went both of them together,” form a picture full not merely of interest, but even of tragical pathos.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye…
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye (for similar forms of expression (cf. Gen_12:1 Gen_21:6 Gen_22:2) here with the ass; partly because the beast required watching, though chiefly because the contemplated sacrifice was too solemn for any eyes but God"s to witnessand I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. An act of dissimulation on the part of Abraham (Knobel, Kalisch, Murphy); an unconscious prophecy (Lyra, Junius, Rashi); the expression of a hopeful wish (Lange); a somewhat confused utterance (Calvin, Keil); the voice of his all-conquering faith (Augustine, Calvin, Wordsworth, Bush, "Speaker"s Commentary," Inglis), which last seems the teaching of Heb_11:19.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Abide ye here with the ass; and I and…
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Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship
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Helps and hindrances of a Christian life
I.
In the path of faith, HUMAN HELP IS PROFITABLE.
II. In the path of faith, HUMAN HELP IS LIMITED.
III. In the path of faith, HUMAN HELP MUST RECEIVE A TIMELY DISMISSAL.
IV. In the path of faith, THE GRANDEST TRIUMPHS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED ALONE. (H. T. Miller.)
Lessons
1. Saints bent to the work of God will turn anything back that may trouble them in it.
2. Inferior things may and must be inhibited by souls above them in case of hindering from God.
3. Saints freed from incumbrances do speed to duties.
4. Humble submission to the hardest part of worship will Gods servants readily yield. Both Abraham and Isaac.
5. Return to relations, and relation duties is just after the worship of God.
6. Better events come after believing worship sometimes than saints are aware of. (G. Hughes, B. D.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:5 We will worship there, and then we will…
22:5 We will worship there, and then we will come (or We will worship there so that we may come back): Abraham’s amazing statement makes us wonder what he was thinking. Abraham knew that God had planned the future of the covenant around Isaac and that God wanted him to sacrifice Isaac. He could not reconcile these things in his mind; he could only do what God commanded him to do, and leave the future to God (cp. Heb 11:17-19).
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