And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
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Gill's Exposition
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father,.... As they were walking together:
and said, my father; a cutting word to Abraham, who knew what he was going to do with him, so contrary to the relation and…
- 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…
Adam Clarke
Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb - Nothing can be conceived more tender, affectionate, and affecting, than the question of the son and the reply of the father on this occasion. A…
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…
Cambridge Bible
And Isaac spake The pathos of the narrative reaches its climax in the simple expression of boyish curiosity, indicating a knowledge of his father's regular usages of sacrifice.
"Here am I, my son?" is…
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