The Offering of Isaac// John 3:1–21
1Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he answered.
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.”
- GEN 22:2[FORESHADOW]Abraham was told to offer his only son whom he loved → JN 3:16; HEB 11:17-19
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.
4On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 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.”
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.
- GEN 22:6[FORESHADOW]Isaac carried the wood for his own sacrifice up the mountain → JN 19:17MEDIUM
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?”
8Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
- GEN 22:8[FORESHADOW]God Himself would provide the Lamb for sacrifice → JN 1:29
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. 10Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
Yahweh Provides the Sacrifice
11Just then the angel of Yahweh called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
- GEN 22:11[MIRACLE]Angel of Yahweh stayed Abraham's hand at Isaac's sacrifice
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.”
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. 14And Abraham called that place Yahweh Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of Yahweh it will be provided.”
- GEN 22:13[FORESHADOW]A ram died in Isaac's place on the mountain where Yahweh would provide → 2CH 3:1; JN 1:29; MK 10:45MEDIUM
15And the angel of Yahweh called to Abraham from heaven a second time, 16saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, 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. 18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- GEN 22:16[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → HEB 6:13-14
- GEN 22:17[FULFILLS]God promised Abraham a land, descendants, and that he would father a great nation ← GEN 12:1-3
- GEN 22:18[PROPHECY]Isaac's seed would bless all nations → GAL 3:16
- GEN 22:18[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ACTS 3:25
19Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
The Sons of Nahor
20Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor: 21Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram), 22Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor. 24Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.