Genesis 22:9

They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham [Father of a multitude] built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac [Laughter] his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

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In The King James Version

And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

In Context

8Abraham [Father of a multitude] said, + 22:8. MP: Messiah is like a sacrificial lamb - “God will provide himself a lamb.” (Luke 23:33; John 1:29a) “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.

10Abraham [Father of a multitude] stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:20Noah [Rest] built an altar to Adonai, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Genesis 22:2He said, “Now take your son, your only son, whom you 'ahavta ·affectionately love·, even Isaac [Laughter], and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”

Isaiah 53:4+ 53:4 a MP: Messiah bears (removes, heals) our “diseases, sickness, sorrows”. (Matt 8:16-17, 9:35) Surely he has borne our sickness, + 53:4. Quoted in Matt 8:17; 1 Pet 2:24 2 and carried our suffering; 1 + 53:4 b MP: Messiah perceived to be cursed by God. (See also Ps 22:1b, 118:17-18). (Matt 27:41-44; John 19:7) yet we considered him plagued, 2 + 53:4. MPr: The Messiah bears the name of “Leprous” or “Leper Scholar” as it says, “smitten by God” (Is 53:4). (Talmud Sanhedrin 98B on Isaiah 53). (Luke 5:12-14; Mark 1:40-44, 2:15-17) struck by God, and afflicted. 1

Matthew 26:1When Yeshua [Salvation] had finished all these words, he said to his disciples,

Mark 15:1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and Torah-Teachers, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Yeshua [Salvation], and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate [Armed with javelin].

Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:4-11

Abraham's Obedience. ( b. c. 1872.) 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. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 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. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the… Read the whole commentary →

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