Genesis 22:15

Then God’s angel messenger called out again from heaven to Abraham.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

In Context

14And Abraham called that place, God will give you what you need. Even today, people say, “On God’s mountain, he will give you what you need.”

16He said, “This is what God wants to tell you, Abraham. God says, ‘I am making this really strong promise to you. You can know that I will keep this promise, because I am God. My name is Yahweh. You listened to me, and you were ready to give me your only son.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And the angel also said, “God is going to give you a really big family. You will have a son, and later on lots of people will be born into his family, and they will be a real big family, so that nobody will be able to count all those people.”

Genesis 31:11Then in that dream there was an angel messenger from God, and he said, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, ‘Yes, I am listening.’

Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:12-15

Isaac Rescued. ( b. c. 1872.) 11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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