Genesis 22:15
in Genesis 22And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
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ASV
And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,
KJV
And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
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This verse in Genesis 22
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThese words require a concerned and attentive hearer. For this part of the statement is new: "And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven." But what the text adds is not new. For "I shall certainly bless you" has already been said earlier, and "I shall certainly multiply you" has been promised earlier, and "your seed shall be as the stars of heaven and as the sand of the sea" also had been announced previously. What therefore is there now in addition which is declared a second time from heaven?
This site's exposition
the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time
on Genesis 22:15-16
Heaven speaks a second time, and what follows is the only oath in Genesis in which God swears by Himself. Clarke takes the speaker who says declares the LORD and yet swears by Himself to be the Mediator the offering pointed to. That reading is his own.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
And the Angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time. The Angel having restrained him from slaying his son, and having provided another sacrifice, which he offered, calls to him again; having something more to say to him, which was to renew the covenant he had made with him, and confirm it by an oath.
Called unto Abraham - Probably while the ram was yet burning. Very high expressions are here of God's favour to Abraham, above any he had yet been blessed with.
Called unto Abraham - Probably while the ram was yet burning. Very high expressions are here of God's favour to Abraham, above any he had yet been blessed with.
And the Angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time. The Angel having restrained him from slaying his son, and having provided another sacrifice, which he offered, calls to him again; having something more to say to him, which was to renew the covenant he had made with him, and confirm it by an oath.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Abraham lifted up his eyes . . . and behold . . . a ram, &c.--No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרָ֛א | vaiyikra' | and he called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| מַלְאַ֥ךְ | malakh | [the] angel of | H4397 → | 213 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֑ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| שֵׁנִ֖ית | shenit | a second [time] | H8145 → | 156 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
וַיִּקְרָ֛אand he called
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
מַלְאַ֥ךְ[the] angel of
malakhH4397 →213 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַבְרָהָ֑םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
שֵׁנִ֖יתa second [time]
shenitH8145 →156 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃the heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 9.1.