Genesis 22:18
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
Sermons
A Great PromiseHomilistGenesis 22:18
All Nations Blessed in Abraham's SeedR. Watson.Genesis 22:18
Blessing in Abraham's SeedProf. J. G. MurphyGenesis 22:18
A Difficulty RemovedGenesis 22:1-18
Abraham Offering IsaacDe Witt S. Clark.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham Offering IsaacD. Davies.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham Tempted to Offer Up His SonA. Fuller.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's Faith Tried and TriumphantW. M. Taylor, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's Great TrialHomilistGenesis 22:1-18
Abraham's SacrificeF. D. Maurice, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's SacrificeHomilistGenesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TemptationS. A. Tipple.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TemptationThe Congregational PulpitGenesis 22:1-18
Abraham's Temptation and ObedienceC. Bradley, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TrialCanon Rowsell.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TrialC. Ness.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TrialA. McAuslane, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TrialF. W. Robertson, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's Trial, Obedience, and RewardJ. C. Gray.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's VictoryHomilistGenesis 22:1-18
An Educational CommandKurtz.Genesis 22:1-18
Faith Tested and CrownedA. Maclaren, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
Faith's TrialD. F. Jarman, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
Human Sacrifices Among the HeathenJ. O. Dykes, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
Lessons from the Trial of AbrahamJ. W. Atkinson.Genesis 22:1-18
Mature FaithSpurgeon, Charles HaddonGenesis 22:1-18
Perfect FaithF. Hastings.Genesis 22:1-18
Sacrificial ObedienceThe Congregational PulpitGenesis 22:1-18
Temptation a TestNewman Hall, LL. B.Genesis 22:1-18
Temptation a TrialGenesis 22:1-18
The Appointed Sacrifice; Or, Abraham's FaithW. S. Smith, B. D.Genesis 22:1-18
The Claims of Divinity and Humanity ReconciledH. T. Edwards, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
The Crucial TestJ. Parker, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
The Gospel of Abraham's Sacrifice of IsaacSpurgeon, Charles HaddonGenesis 22:1-18
The Greatest Trial of AllF. B. Meyer, B. A.Genesis 22:1-18
The Offering of IsaacJ. Parker, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
The OrdealThe Evangelical PreacherGenesis 22:1-18
The Temptation of AbrahamAnon.Genesis 22:1-18
The Trial of AbrahamJ. Kennedy, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
The Trial of AbrahamSketches of SermonsGenesis 22:1-18
The Trial of Abraham's FaithT. H. Leale.Genesis 22:1-18
The Tried of Abraham's FaithW. H. Davison.Genesis 22:1-18
Trial of AbrahamN. Emmons, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
Trial of Abraham's FaithE. S. Atwood.Genesis 22:1-18
Trial of Abraham's FaithD. C. Hughes, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
Trials Reveal God to UsDr. Talmage.Genesis 22:1-18
The Great Trial and the Great RevelationR.A. Redford Genesis 22:15-19














In such a history the representative character of Abraham must be remembered. He was tried not only for his own sake, but that in him all the families of the earth might be blessed.

I. The PREPARATION for this great grace God and Abraham recognizing each other; the servant called by name, responding with the profession of readiness for obedience.

II. The COMMANDMENT is itself a secret communication, a covenant. Do this, and I will bless thee; follow me in this journey "as I tell thee," and thou shalt see my salvation.

III. The simple, childlike OBEDIENCE of the patriarch is reflected in the quiet demeanor of Isaac bearing the wood of the burnt offering, type of Jesus bearing his cross, inquiring for the lamb with lamb-like innocence and patience. "They went both of them together" (Vers. 6 and 8) - "together" in the beginning of the journey, "together" in the end, in the trial and in the blessing.

IV. FAITH which accepts the will of God and takes up the Divine mission WILL COMMIT THE FUTURE TO THE GRACIOUS PROVISION ON WHICH IT DEPENDS. "My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering" (Ver. 8). Already Abraham was saying, "The Lord will provide." We say it sometimes with a fearful burden upon our heart; but when we go steadfastly and hopefully forward we say it at last with the remembrance of a great deliverance sending its glory along the way of our future.

V. THE TRIAL OF THE TRUE HEART IS OFTEN STRETCHED OUT TO ITS LAST EXTREMITY, that the revelation which rewards faithfulness may be the more abundant and wonderful (Vers. 9, 10). We must take God at his word, otherwise we shall not experience the promised deliverance. "Take thy son, and offer him there" (Ver. 2). "And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son." What else could he do? The commandment must be obeyed. The obedience must be "good and perfect and acceptable" as the will of God.

VI. AT THE POINT OF ENTIRE SURRENDER APPEARS THE ANGEL, is heard the voice of relief, the assurance of acceptance, the change in the method of obedience, the opened eyes, the provided sacrifice, THE RETURNING JOY OF SALVATION (Vers. 11-13). There is a blindness of self-sacrifice which leads to a sight of immeasurable joy. Abraham saw nothing before him but the plain path of obedience; he went on, and at last "lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold' the self-sacrifice changed into peaceful offering of an appointed substitute (Ver. 13) "in the stead of his son."

VII. THE CLIMAX OF OUR EXPERIENCE AND OF DIVINE MERCY BECOMES TO US A NEW NAME OF JEHOVAH. We know him henceforth by that knowledge of fact. "Jehovah-jireh (the Lord will provide): as it is said to this day, in the mount of the Lord it shall be provided" (or seen) (Ver. 14).

1. Not before the mount, but in the mount; therefore go to the summit and wait.

2. What the Lord will provide will be better every way than what we could provide.

3. The offering on the mount is the great provision, the whole burnt offering for the sins of the world, by which the true humanity is redeemed and the true "joy" ("Isaac," laughter) is retained.

4. The last name of Jehovah which Abraham gave him was Jehovah the Everlasting; now he adds to that name that which brings the Everlasting into the sphere of daily life - "Jehovah-jireh, the Lord will provide." We name that name when we reach the mount where the great sacrifice was provided - Mount Moriah, Mount Calvary.

5. The end of the great trial and obedience was a renewal, a solemn republication, of the covenant. "God could swear by no greater; he swore by himself" (Hebrews 6:13). On the foundation of practical faith is built up the kingdom of heaven, which the Lord swears shall include all nations, and be supreme in all the earth. The notes of that kingdom are here in the history of the patriarch -

(1) acceptance of the word of God,

(2) self-sacrifice,

(3) faith instead of sight,

(4) withholding nothing,

(5) perseverance to the end. Beersheba became now a new place to Abraham, for he carried to the well and grove which he had named after the oaths of himself and Abimelech the remembrance of the Divine oath, on which henceforth he rested all his expectations. After this the man in whom all nations shall be blessed looks round and finds the promise being already fulfilled, and his kindred spreading widely in the earth. - R.

In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
1. There was to be a seed, a natural seed, including a spiritual seed, and this again including an individual seed.

2. The seed of Abraham is to have a relation to all the families of the earth. As Abraham was not a head of all mankind, like Adam or Noah, it was necessary to emphasize the universality of the blessing.

3. The benefit conveyed by the seed is here characterized by the word "blessed." Blessing is like mercy in this: that it sums up in one word the whole salvation of which the Bible is the gospel. It involves redemption and regeneration, both of which are necessary to salvation.

(Prof. J. G. Murphy)

Homilist.
1. This promise(1) narrows down previous Messianic anticipations, inasmuch as it points to the family instead of the race, as the source whence the Great Benefactor should arise;(2) vastly widens them, inasmuch as it indicates that the beneficent work of that Benefactor will be universal.

2. We conclude that this is an anticipation of Christ, because(1) it has proved to be an accurate description of Him;(2) it is only true of Him;(3) New Testament distinctly applies the Scripture to Him. This warranted, we look for the advent of Christ as for —

I. THE ADVENT OF A BENEFACTOR FROM AMONG THE JEWS. This suggests-1. The proper interest we should take in the Jewish people.

2. The solemn warning that contact with what is most sacred does not ensure blessing.

II. THE ADVENT OF A BENEFACTOR FOR THE WORLD. We may adoringly notice —

1. The way in which Christ has already been a universal blessing.

2. The future that there yet must be for Christianity.

(Homilist.)

I. SOME OF THE REASONS FOR GIVING THIS DESCRIPTION OF THE MESSIAH: "The seed of Abraham."

1. Christ is called the seed of Abraham because He was to assume human nature; to be truly man; a man like ourselves.

2. Christ was called the seed of Abraham, that additional evidence of His claims as Messiah might be given when He came into the world.

3. There is a third reason why He is called, why, in fact, He was made, the seed of Abraham. There is, after all, a peculiar relation between Christ and the Jews, as His brethren after the flesh.

II. Let us now consider THE IMPORT OF THE DECLARATION, "In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed."

1. In the first place, there is its Divinely revealed truth.

2. The religion of Christ is calculated to produce human happiness, because it exhibits the Divinely-prescribed method by which the guilty may obtain pardon; in other words, that great doctrine of human hope and joy, that of justification by faith in the atonement and intercession of the Saviour.

3. In further examining this Divine system, to discover its adaptation to human happiness, we find the great, the singular, promise of the Holy Spirit.

4. Another adaptation to human happiness in Christianity is found in its explicit enforcement of those relative duties on which the welfare of society so much depends.

5. The last of these adaptations is, the kind and merciful spirit of the Gospel.

(R. Watson.)

People
Abraham, Aram, Bethuel, Buz, Chesed, Gaham, Hazo, Huz, Isaac, Jidlaph, Kemuel, Maacah, Maachah, Milcah, Nahor, Pildash, Rebekah, Reumah, Tebah, Thahash
Places
Beersheba, Mount Moriah
Topics
Bless, Blessed, Blessing, Descendants, Hast, Hearkened, Nations, Obeyed, Orders, Seed, Themselves, Voice
Outline
1. Abraham is tested with the command to offer Isaac.
3. He gives proof of his faith and obedience.
11. The angel prevents him.
13. Isaac is exchanged for a ram.
14. The place is called Jehovah-jireh.
15. Abraham is again blessed.
20. The generations of Nahor unto Rebekah.

Dictionary of Bible Themes
Genesis 22:18

     6214   participation, in Christ
     7511   Gentiles, in OT
     7545   outsiders
     7725   evangelists, identity
     7949   mission, of Israel

Genesis 22:1-18

     5473   proof, through testing
     5686   fathers, examples

Genesis 22:1-19

     5076   Abraham, life of

Genesis 22:15-18

     4140   angel of the Lord

Genesis 22:16-18

     1443   revelation, OT

Genesis 22:17-18

     1340   consistency
     5078   Abraham, significance
     9130   future, the

Library
Faith Tested and Crowned
'And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 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. And 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
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

If, Therefore, Even they who are United in Marriage Only for the Purpose Of...
22. If, therefore, even they who are united in marriage only for the purpose of begetting, for which purpose marriage was instituted, are not compared with the Fathers, seeking their very sons in a way far other than do these; forasmuch as Abraham, being bidden to slay his son, fearless and devoted, spared not his only son, whom from out of great despair he had received [1997] save that he laid down his hand, when He forbade him, at Whose command he had lifted it up; it remains that we consider,
St. Augustine—On the Good of Marriage

The Promise to the Patriarchs.
A great epoch is, in Genesis, ushered in with the history of the time of the Patriarchs. Luther says: "This is the third period in which Holy Scripture begins the history of the Church with a new family." In a befitting manner, the representation is opened in Gen. xii. 1-3 by an account of the first revelation of God, given to Abraham at Haran, in which the way is opened up for all that follows, and in which the dispensations of God are brought before us in a rapid survey. Abraham is to forsake
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament

Genealogy of Jesus According to Matthew.
^A Matt. I. 1-17. ^a 1 The book of the generation [or genealogy] of Jesus Christ, the son of David [the Messiah was promised to David--II. Sam. vii. 16; John vii. 42], the son of Abraham. [Messiah was also promised to Abraham--Gen. xxii. 18; Gal. iii. 16.] 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren [mentioned here because they were the heads of the tribes for whom especially Matthew wrote his Gospel]; 3 and Judah begat Perez and Zerah [these two were twins]
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

Jehovah. The "I Am. "
WHEN Moses in the desert beheld the burning bush God answered his question by the revelation of His name as the "I Am." "And God said unto Moses, I am, that I am: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you" (Exod. iii:14). He who spake thus out of the bush to Moses was the same who in the fullness of time appeared upon the earth in the form of man. Our Lord Jesus Christ is no less person, than the I AM. If we turn to the fourth Gospel in which the Holy
Arno Gaebelein—The Lord of Glory

The Fulfilled Prophecies of the Bible Bespeak the Omniscience of Its Author
In Isaiah 41:21-23 we have what is probably the most remarkable challenge to be found in the Bible. "Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen; let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods." This Scripture has both a negative
Arthur W. Pink—The Divine Inspiration of the Bible

Difficulties and Objections
"Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not My way equal? are not your ways unequal?" (Ezek. 18:25). A convenient point has been reached when we may now examine, more definitely, some of the difficulties encountered and the objections which might be advanced against what we have written in previous pages. The author deemed it better to reserve these for a separate consideration rather than deal with them as he went along, requiring as that would have done the
Arthur W. Pink—The Sovereignty of God

Covenanting Performed in Former Ages with Approbation from Above.
That the Lord gave special token of his approbation of the exercise of Covenanting, it belongs to this place to show. His approval of the duty was seen when he unfolded the promises of the Everlasting Covenant to his people, while they endeavoured to perform it; and his approval thereof is continually seen in his fulfilment to them of these promises. The special manifestations of his regard, made to them while attending to the service before him, belonged to one or other, or both, of those exhibitions
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting

The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
The Medes and Cimmerians: Lydia--The conquest of Egypt, of Arabia, and of Elam. As we have already seen, Sennacherib reigned for eight years after his triumph; eight years of tranquillity at home, and of peace with all his neighbours abroad. If we examine the contemporary monuments or the documents of a later period, and attempt to glean from them some details concerning the close of his career, we find that there is a complete absence of any record of national movement on the part of either Elam,
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8

Conflict.
"Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against themselves, that ye
Thomas Charles Edwards—The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews

The Gospel of the Kingdom.
"This is He whom Seers in old time Chanted of with one accord; Whom the voices of the Prophets Promised in their faithful word." We have seen that, in the providence of God, John the Baptist was sent to proclaim to the world that "The Kingdom of Heaven" was at hand, and to point out the King. And as soon as the Herald had raised the expectation of men by the proclamation of the coming Kingdom, our Lord began His public ministry, the great object of which was the founding of His Kingdom for the salvation
Edward Burbidge—The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it?

The Faith of Abraham.
"By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God. By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she
Thomas Charles Edwards—The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews

The Secret of Its Greatness
[Illustration: (drop cap G) The Great Pyramid] God always chooses the right kind of people to do His work. Not only so, He always gives to those whom He chooses just the sort of life which will best prepare them for the work He will one day call them to do. That is why God put it into the heart of Pharaoh's daughter to bring up Moses as her own son in the Egyptian palace. The most important part of Moses' training was that his heart should be right with God, and therefore he was allowed to remain
Mildred Duff—The Bible in its Making

Motives to Holy Mourning
Let me exhort Christians to holy mourning. I now persuade to such a mourning as will prepare the soul for blessedness. Oh that our hearts were spiritual limbecs, distilling the water of holy tears! Christ's doves weep. They that escape shall be like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity' (Ezekiel 7:16). There are several divine motives to holy mourning: 1 Tears cannot be put to a better use. If you weep for outward losses, you lose your tears. It is like a shower
Thomas Watson—The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12

Of Love to God
I proceed to the second general branch of the text. The persons interested in this privilege. They are lovers of God. "All things work together for good, to them that love God." Despisers and haters of God have no lot or part in this privilege. It is children's bread, it belongs only to them that love God. Because love is the very heart and spirit of religion, I shall the more fully treat upon this; and for the further discussion of it, let us notice these five things concerning love to God. 1. The
Thomas Watson—A Divine Cordial

Genesis
The Old Testament opens very impressively. In measured and dignified language it introduces the story of Israel's origin and settlement upon the land of Canaan (Gen.--Josh.) by the story of creation, i.-ii. 4a, and thus suggests, at the very beginning, the far-reaching purpose and the world-wide significance of the people and religion of Israel. The narrative has not travelled far till it becomes apparent that its dominant interests are to be religious and moral; for, after a pictorial sketch of
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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