9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
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Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, …
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: …
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. …
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 tha…
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