3And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
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I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. …
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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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 tha…
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