Genesis 22:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Genesis 22:4 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:4
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Luke 13:32
And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Hosea 6:2
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Matthew 17:23
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
2 Kings 20:5
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

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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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, &c.--Leaving the servants at the foot [Ge 22:5], the father and son ascended the hill, the one bearing the knife, and the other the wood for consuming the sacrifice [Ge 22:6]. But there was no victim; and to the question so naturally put by Isaac [Ge 22:7], Abraham contented himself by replying, “My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt of…