Genesis 22:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

Genesis 22:10 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 11:17-19
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, …
James 2:21-23
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-10)

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 objected against it; as, 1. It seemed directly against an antecedent law of God, which forbids murder, under a severe penalty, Gen. 9:5, 6. Now can the unchangeable God contradict himself? He that h…