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Text -- Genesis 22:12-24 (NET)
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22:12 “Do not harm the boy !” the angel said . “Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son , your only son , from me.”
22:13 Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns . So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son .
22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place “The Lord provides .” It is said to this day , “In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made .”
22:15 The Lord’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven
22:16 and said , “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the Lord , ‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son , your only son ,
22:17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore . Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies .
22:18 Because you have obeyed me , all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants .’”
22:19 Then Abraham returned to his servants , and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed .
22:20 After these things Abraham was told , “Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor –
22:21 Uz the firstborn , his brother Buz , Kemuel (the father of Aram ),
22:22 Kesed , Hazo , Pildash , Jidlaph , and Bethuel .”
22:23 (Now Bethuel became the father of Rebekah .) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham’s brother Nahor .
22:24 His concubine , whose name was Reumah , also bore him children– Tebah , Gaham , Tahash , and Maacah .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Isaac |
FATHER |
ALTAR |
GOD, 2 |
MORIAH, LAND OF |
RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY |
PENTATEUCH, 2A |
GOVERNMENT |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
Gerizim |
Abraham |
Rebekah |
Milcah |
Offerings |
Faith |
Angel |
SELF-SURRENDER |
Nahor |
Sacrifice |
Bethuel |
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NET Notes -> Gen 22:12; Gen 22:12; Gen 22:12; Gen 22:12; Gen 22:13; Gen 22:13; Gen 22:13; Gen 22:13; Gen 22:14; Gen 22:14; Gen 22:14; Gen 22:16; Gen 22:16; Gen 22:17; Gen 22:17; Gen 22:17; Gen 22:17; Gen 22:17; Gen 22:17; Gen 22:18; Gen 22:18; Gen 22:18; Gen 22:19; Gen 22:19; Gen 22:20; Gen 22:21; Gen 22:23
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NET Notes: Gen 22:13 Heb “Abraham”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Gen 22:14 The saying connected with these events has some ambiguity, which was probably intended. The Niphal verb could be translated (1) “in the mountain...
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NET Notes: Gen 22:16 Heb “the oracle of the Lord.” The phrase refers to a formal oracle or decree from the Lord.
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NET Notes: Gen 22:17 Heb “gate,” which here stands for a walled city. To break through the gate complex would be to conquer the city, for the gate complex was ...
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NET Notes: Gen 22:18 Traditionally the verb is taken as passive (“will be blessed”) here, as if Abraham’s descendants were going to be a channel or sourc...
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NET Notes: Gen 22:19 Heb “and Abraham stayed in Beer Sheba. This has been translated as a relative clause for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Gen 22:20 In the Hebrew text the sentence begins with הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to the state...
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NET Notes: Gen 22:21 This parenthetical note about Kemuel’s descendant is probably a later insertion by the author/compiler of Genesis and not part of the original a...
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