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Selected Verse: Genesis 22:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 22:4 |
Strong Concordance |
Then on the third [07992] day [03117] Abraham [085] lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], and saw [07200] the place [04725] afar off [07350]. |
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King James |
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, &c.--Leaving the servants at the foot [Gen 22:5], the father and son ascended the hill, the one bearing the knife, and the other the wood for consuming the sacrifice [Gen 22:6]. But there was no victim; and to the question so naturally put by Isaac [Gen 22:7], Abraham contented himself by replying, "My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering." It has been supposed that the design of this extraordinary transaction was to show him, by action instead of words, the way in which all the families of the earth should be blessed; and that in his answer to Isaac, he anticipated some substitution. It is more likely that his words were spoken evasively to his son in ignorance of the issue, yet in unbounded confidence that that son, though sacrificed, would, in some miraculous way, be restored (Heb 11:19). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The third day - "As the number Seven," says Mr. Ainsworth, "is of especial use in Scripture because of the Sabbath day, Gen 2:2, so Three is a mystical number because of Christ's rising from the dead the third day, Mat 17:23; Co1 15:4; as he was crucified the third hour after noon, Mar 15:25 : and Isaac, as he was a figure of Christ, in being the only son of his father, and not spared but offered for a sacrifice, Rom 8:32, so in sundry particulars he resembled our Lord: the third day Isaac was to be offered up, so it was the third day in which Christ also was to be perfected, Luk 13:32; Isaac carried the wood for the burnt-offering, Gen 22:6, so Christ carried the tree whereon he died, Joh 19:17; the binding of Isaac, Gen 21:9, was also typical, so Christ was bound, Mat 27:2.
"In the following remarkable cases this number also occurs. Moses desired to go three days' journey in the wilderness to sacrifice, Exo 5:3; and they traveled three days in it before they found water, Exo 15:22; and three days' journey the ark of the covenant went before them, to search out a resting place, Num 10:33; by the third day the people were to be ready to receive God's law, Exo 19:11; and after three days to pass over Jordan into Canaan, Jos 1:14; the third day Esther put on the apparel of the kingdom, Est 5:1; on the third day Hezekiah, being recovered from his illness, went up to the house of the Lord, Kg2 20:5; on the third day, the prophet said, God will raise us up and we shall live before him, Hos 6:2; and on the third day, as well as on the seventh, the unclean person was to purify himself, Num 19:12 : with many other memorable things which the Scripture speaks concerning the third day, and not without mystery. See Gen 40:12, Gen 40:13; Gen 42:17, Gen 42:18; Jon 1:17; Jos 2:16; unto which we may add a Jew's testimony in Bereshith Rabba, in a comment on this place: There are many Three Days mentioned in the Holy Scripture, of which one is the resurrection of the Messiah." - Ainsworth.
Saw the place afar off - He knew the place by seeing the cloud of glory smoking on the top of the mountain - Targum. |
19 Accounting [3049] that [3754] God [2316] was able [1415] to raise him up [1453], even [2532] from [1537] the dead [3498]; from whence [3606] also [2532] he received [2865] him [846] in [1722] a figure [3850].
7 And Isaac [03327] spake [0559] unto Abraham [085] his father [01], and said [0559], My father [01]: and he said [0559], Here am I, my son [01121]. And he said [0559], Behold the fire [0784] and the wood [06086]: but where is the lamb [07716] for a burnt offering [05930]?
6 And Abraham [085] took [03947] the wood [06086] of the burnt offering [05930], and laid [07760] it upon Isaac [03327] his son [01121]; and he took [03947] the fire [0784] in his hand [03027], and a knife [03979]; and they went [03212] both [08147] of them together [03162].
5 And Abraham [085] said [0559] unto his young men [05288], Abide [03427] ye here with the ass [02543]; and I and the lad [05288] will go [03212] yonder [03541] and worship [07812], and come again [07725] to you.
16 And she said [0559] unto them, Get [03212] you to the mountain [02022], lest the pursuers [07291] meet [06293] you; and hide [02247] yourselves there three [07969] days [03117], until the pursuers [07291] be returned [07725]: and afterward [0310] may ye go [03212] your way [01870].
17 Now the LORD [03068] had prepared [04487] a great [01419] fish [01709] to swallow up [01104] Jonah [03124]. And Jonah [03124] was in the belly [04578] of the fish [01709] three [07969] days [03117] and three [07969] nights [03915].
18 And Joseph [03130] said [0559] unto them the third [07992] day [03117], This do [06213], and live [02421]; for I fear [03373] God [0430]:
17 And he put them all together [0622] into ward [04929] three [07969] days [03117].
13 Yet [05750] within three [07969] days [03117] shall Pharaoh [06547] lift up [05375] thine head [07218], and restore [07725] thee unto thy place [03653]: and thou shalt deliver [05414] Pharaoh's [06547] cup [03563] into his hand [03027], after the former [07223] manner [04941] when thou wast his butler [08248].
12 And Joseph [03130] said [0559] unto him, This is the interpretation [06623] of it: The three [07969] branches [08299] are three [07969] days [03117]:
12 He shall purify [02398] himself with it on the third [07992] day [03117], and on the seventh [07637] day [03117] he shall be clean [02891]: but if he purify [02398] not himself the third [07992] day [03117], then the seventh [07637] day [03117] he shall not be clean [02891].
2 After two days [03117] will he revive [02421] us: in the third [07992] day [03117] he will raise us up [06965], and we shall live [02421] in his sight [06440].
5 Turn again [07725], and tell [0559] Hezekiah [02396] the captain [05057] of my people [05971], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of David [01732] thy father [01], I have heard [08085] thy prayer [08605], I have seen [07200] thy tears [01832]: behold, I will heal [07495] thee: on the third [07992] day [03117] thou shalt go up [05927] unto the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
1 Now it came to pass on the third [07992] day [03117], that Esther [0635] put on [03847] her royal [04438] apparel, and stood [05975] in the inner [06442] court [02691] of the king's [04428] house [01004], over against [05227] the king's [04428] house [01004]: and the king [04428] sat [03427] upon his royal [04438] throne [03678] in the royal [04438] house [01004], over against [05227] the gate [06607] of the house [01004].
14 Your wives [0802], your little ones [02945], and your cattle [04735], shall remain [03427] in the land [0776] which Moses [04872] gave [05414] you on this side [05676] Jordan [03383]; but ye shall pass [05674] before [06440] your brethren [0251] armed [02571], all the mighty [01368] men of valour [02428], and help [05826] them;
11 And be ready [03559] against the third [07992] day [03117]: for the third [07992] day [03117] the LORD [03068] will come down [03381] in the sight [05869] of all the people [05971] upon mount [02022] Sinai [05514].
33 And they departed [05265] from the mount [02022] of the LORD [03068] three [07969] days [03117]' journey [01870]: and the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] went [05265] before [06440] them in the three [07969] days [03117]' journey [01870], to search out [08446] a resting place [04496] for them.
22 So Moses [04872] brought [05265] Israel [03478] from the Red [05488] sea [03220], and they went out [03318] into the wilderness [04057] of Shur [07793]; and they went [03212] three [07969] days [03117] in the wilderness [04057], and found [04672] no water [04325].
3 And they said [0559], The God [0430] of the Hebrews [05680] hath met [07122] with us: let us go [03212], we pray thee, three [07969] days [03117]' journey [01870] into the desert [04057], and sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430]; lest he fall [06293] upon us with pestilence [01698], or with the sword [02719].
2 And [2532] when they had bound [1210] him [846], they led him away [520], and [2532] delivered [3860] him [846] to Pontius [4194] Pilate [4091] the governor [2232].
9 And Sarah [08283] saw [07200] the son [01121] of Hagar [01904] the Egyptian [04713], which she had born [03205] unto Abraham [085], mocking [06711].
17 And [2532] he bearing [941] his [846] cross [4716] went forth [1831] into [1519] a place [5117] called [3004] the place of a skull [2898], which [3739] is called [3004] in the Hebrew [1447] Golgotha [1115]:
6 And Abraham [085] took [03947] the wood [06086] of the burnt offering [05930], and laid [07760] it upon Isaac [03327] his son [01121]; and he took [03947] the fire [0784] in his hand [03027], and a knife [03979]; and they went [03212] both [08147] of them together [03162].
32 And [2532] he said [2036] unto them [846], Go ye [4198], and tell [2036] that [5026] fox [258], Behold [2400], I cast out [1544] devils [1140], and [2532] I do [2005] cures [2392] to day [4594] and [2532] to morrow [839], and [2532] the third [5154] day I shall be perfected [5048].
32 He that [3739] [1065] spared [5339] not [3756] his own [2398] Son [5207], but [235] delivered [3860] him [846] up [3860] for [5228] us [2257] all [3956], how [4459] shall he [5483] not [3780] with [4862] him [846] also [2532] freely give [5483] us [2254] all things [3956]?
25 And [1161] it was [2258] the third [5154] hour [5610], and [2532] they crucified [4717] him [846].
4 And [2532] that [3754] he was buried [2290], and [2532] that [3754] he rose again [1453] the third [5154] day [2250] according [2596] to the scriptures [1124]:
23 And [2532] they shall kill [615] him [846], and [2532] the third [5154] day [2250] he shall be raised again [1453]. And [2532] they were exceeding [4970] sorry [3076].
2 And on the seventh [07637] day [03117] God [0430] ended [03615] his work [04399] which he had made [06213]; and he rested [07673] on the seventh [07637] day [03117] from all his work [04399] which he had made [06213].