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    Genesis 22

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    Abraham carries the knife, Isaac carries the wood, and the answer to Isaac’s question arrives as a ram with its horns caught in a thicket.

    The mountain and the thicketvv. 1–19

    God tests Abraham with an instruction of terrifying precision: take Isaac to Moriah and offer him there. Abraham rises early, brings two servants, and tells them that “the boy and I” will return, though the chapter leaves that sentence hanging in the air. Isaac carries the wood while Abraham carries the fire and knife, a grim little division of labour. When Isaac asks where the lamb is, Abraham says God will provide it. At the appointed place Abraham builds the altar, binds Isaac, and reaches for the knife—whereupon the angel of the LORD calls from heaven and stops the hand. The provision is not a lamb but a ram, caught by its horns in a thicket, and Abraham offers it in Isaac’s place. The mountain receives a name: The LORD Will Provide. From heaven comes a further promise of descendants, enemies’ gates, and blessing for all nations through Abraham’s offspring. Then Abraham returns to the servants, and they all go back to Beersheba.

    The family reportvv. 20–24

    Then, with the altar episode scarcely cooled, the chapter turns to Nahor’s household. Milcah has borne eight sons: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel; Kemuel is noted as the father of Aram, and Bethuel as the father of Rebekah. Reumah, Nahor’s concubine, has four sons of her own—Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah. The narrative ends not with a flourish but with a family list, which is a perfectly respectable way for Genesis to leave a door ajar.

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    1. Gen 22:1Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

    2. Gen 22:2“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

    3. Gen 22:3So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

    4. Gen 22:4On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

    5. Gen 22:5“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”

    6. Gen 22:6Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.

    7. Gen 22:7Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

    8. Gen 22:8Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.

    9. Gen 22:9When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.

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

    11. Gen 22:11Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

    12. Gen 22:12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

    13. Gen 22:13Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

    14. Gen 22:14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

    15. Gen 22:15And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

    16. Gen 22:16saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

    17. Gen 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

    18. Gen 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

    19. Gen 22:19Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.

    20. Gen 22:20Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

    21. Gen 22:21Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

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

    23. Gen 22:23And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

    24. Gen 22:24Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

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    • 2John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
    • 14Genesis 22:13Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
    • 2Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
    • 1Hebrews 11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
    • 12James 2:21–22Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
    • 18Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
    • 14Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
    • 1Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
    • 14Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
    • 1James 1:12–14Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
    • 14Genesis 22:8Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
    • 18Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
    • 18Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
    • 11 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
    • 11 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
    • 8John 1:36When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

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