Genesis 22:1
New International Version
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

New Living Translation
Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.”

English Standard Version
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Berean Standard Bible
Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

New American Standard Bible
Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

NASB 1995
Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

NASB 1977
Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened after these things, that God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Amplified Bible
Now after these things, God tested [the faith and commitment of] Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he answered, “Here I am.”

Christian Standard Bible
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham! ” “Here I am,” he answered.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!"” Here I am,” he answered.”

American Standard Version
And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And it was after these matters God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham”, and he said, “Here I am.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass after these things that God tempted Abraam, and said to him, Abraam, Abraam; and he said, Lo! I am here.

Contemporary English Version
Some years later God decided to test Abraham, so he spoke to him. Abraham answered, "Here I am, LORD."

Douay-Rheims Bible
After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Later God tested Abraham and called to him, "Abraham!" "Yes, here I am!" he answered.

Good News Translation
Some time later God tested Abraham; he called to him, "Abraham!" And Abraham answered, "Yes, here I am!"

International Standard Version
Sometime later, God tested Abraham. He called out to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him: 'Abraham'; and he said: 'Here am I.'

Literal Standard Version
And it comes to pass after these things that God has tried Abraham and says to him, “Abraham”; and he says, “Here I [am].”

Majority Standard Bible
Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

New American Bible
Some time afterward, God put Abraham to the test and said to him: Abraham! “Here I am!” he replied.

NET Bible
Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied.

New Revised Standard Version
After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

New Heart English Bible
It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham, Abraham." He said, "Here I am."

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass after these things, that God tempted Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

World English Bible
After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, 'Abraham;' and he saith, 'Here am I.'

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Context
The Offering of Isaac
1 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. 2“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”…

Cross References
Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

James 1:13
When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

Genesis 22:11
Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.

Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

Deuteronomy 8:16
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

Psalm 11:5
The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.


Treasury of Scripture

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

A.

Exodus 15:25,26
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, …

Exodus 16:4
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

tempt.

Behold, here I am.

Genesis 22:7,11
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? …

Exodus 3:4
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

Isaiah 6:8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

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Genesis 22
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.














XXII.

THE OFFERING OF ISAAC ON MOUNT MORIAH.

(1) God did tempt Abraham.--Heb., proved him, put his faith and obedience to the proof. For twenty-five years the patriarch had wandered in Palestine, and seen the fulfilment of the promise perpetually deferred, and yet his faith failed not. At length the long wished for heir is born, and, excepting the grievous pain of parting with Ishmael, all went well with him, and seemed to presage a calm and happy old age. He was at peace with his neighbours, had quiet possession of ample pasture for his cattle, knew that Ishmael was prosperous, and saw Isaac fast approaching man's estate (Genesis 22:12). In the midst, nevertheless, of this tranquil evening of his days came the severest trial of all; for he was commanded to slay his son. The trial was twofold. For, first, human sacrifice was abhorrent to the nature of Jehovah, and Abraham's clear duty would be to prove the command. Could such a deed really be enjoined upon him by God? Now no subjective proof would be sufficient. In after times many an Israelite was moved by deep religious fanaticism to give his firstborn in the hope of appeasing the anger of God at his sin (Micah 6:7); but instead of peace it brought only a deeper condemnation upon his soul. Had Abraham been moved only by an internal and subjective impulse, his conduct would have deserved and met with similar condemnation But when, upon examination, he became convinced that the command came from outside himself, and from the same God with whom on former occasions he had so often held converse, then the antecedents of his own life required of him obedience. But even when satisfied of this, there was, secondly, the trial of his faith. A command which he had tested, not only subjectively by prayer, but objectively by comparison with the manner of previous revelations, bade him with his own hand destroy the son in whom "his seed was to be called." His love for his child, his previous faith in the promise, the religious value and worth of Isaac as the appointed means for the blessing of all mankind--this, and more besides, stood arrayed against the command. But Abraham, in spite of all, obeyed, and in proportion to the greatness of the trial was the greatness of the reward. Up to this time his faith had been proved by patience and endurance, but now he was bidden himself to destroy the fruit of so many years of patient waiting (Hebrews 11:17-19), and, assured that the command came from God, he wavered not. Thus by trial was his own faith made perfect, and for Isaac too there was blessing. Meekly, as befitted the type of Christ, he submitted to his father's will, and the life restored to him was henceforth dedicated to God. But there was a higher purpose in the command than the spiritual good of these 'two saints. The sacrifice had for its object the instruction of the whole Church of God. If the act had possessed no typical value, it would have been difficult for us to reconcile to our consciences a command which might have seemed, indirectly at least, to have authorised human sacrifices. But there was in it the setting forth of the mystery of the Father giving the Son to die for the sins of the world; and therein lies both the value and the justification of Abraham's conduct and of the Divine command.

Verse 1. - And it cams to pass - the alleged mythical character of the present narrative (De Wette, Bohlen) is discredited not more by express Scripture statement (Hebrews 11:17-19) than by its own inherent difficulties - after - how long after may be conjectured from the circumstance that Isaac was now a grown lad, capable of undertaking a three days journey of upwards of sixty miles - these things (literally, words, of benediction, promise, trial that had gone before - that God - literally, the Elohim, i.e. neither Satan, as in 1 Chronicles 21:1, compared with 2 Samuel 24:1 (Schelling, Stanley), nor Abraham himself, in the sense that a subjective impulse on the part of the patriarch supplied the formal basis of the subsequent transaction (Kurtz, Oehler); but the El-Olam of Genesis 21:32, the term Elohim being employed by the historian not because Vers. 1-13 are Elohistic (Tuch, Bleek, Davidson,) - a hypothesis inconsistent with the internal unity of the chapter, "which is joined together like cast-iron" (Oehler), and in particular with the use of Moriah in Ver. 2 (Hengstenberg), - but to indicate the true origin of the after-mentioned trial, which proceeded neither from Satanic instigation nor from subjective impulse, but from God (Keil) - did tempt - not solicit to sin (James 1:13), but test or prove (Exodus 16:4; Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy 13:3; 2 Chronicles 32:31; Psalm 26:2) - Abraham, and said unto him, - in a dream-vision of the night (Eichhorn, Lunge), but certainly in an audible voice which previous experience enabled him to recognize - Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. "These brief introductions of the conversation express the great tension and application of the human mind in those moments in a striking way, and serve at the same time to prepare us for the importance of the conversation" (Lange).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Some time later
אַחַר֙ (’a·ḥar)
Adverb
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

God
וְהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים (wə·hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

tested
נִסָּ֖ה (nis·sāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5254: To test, to attempt

Abraham
אַבְרָהָ֑ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

and said
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to him,
אֵלָ֔יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“Abraham!”
אַבְרָהָ֖ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

“Here I am,”
הִנֵּֽנִי׃ (hin·nê·nî)
Interjection | first person common singular
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

he answered.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say


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