Genesis 22:4

Then on the third day,.... After he had received the command from God, and from his setting out on his journey; for he had now travelled two days, Mount Moriah being forty miles from Beersheba, where…

- Abraham Was Tested 2. מריה morı̂yâh, “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh; “Septuagint,” ὑψηλή hupsēlē, Onkelos, “worship.” Some take the word to be a simple derivative, as the Septuagint and…

The third day - "As the number Seven," says Mr. Ainsworth, "is of especial use in Scripture because of the Sabbath day, Gen 2:2, so Three is a mystical number because of Christ's rising from the dead…

We have here Abraham's obedience to this severe command. Being tried, he offered up Isaac, Heb 11:17. Observe,

I. The difficulties which he broke through in this act of obedience. Much might have been…

On the third day … afar off The "place" was on a lofty eminence visible at a distance. Presumably "the third day" indicates a journey of 30 or 40 miles. The journey from Beer-sheba to Jerusalem is…