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Genesis 22:5

in Genesis 22

“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.

KJV

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

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This verse in Genesis 22

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

I and the lad will go and come again - How could Abraham consistently with truth say this, when he knew he was going to make his son a burnt-offering?

This site's exposition

The boy and I will go over there to worship

The word Genesis uses for the boy here and at verse 12 is the word used of Joseph at seventeen in 37:2 and of Benjamin at 44:22 to 34, whose sons are listed at 46:21, and it covers a young man of working age. The son who carries the wood up the mountain is grown. Josephus reckons Isaac twenty-five, and Jewish tradition commonly gives thirty-seven. Abraham tells the servants that he and the boy will go over there to worship and come back, and Hebrews 11:19 says he counted God able to raise his son from the dead.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus, when Christ was entering upon his agony in the garden, he took only three of his disciples with him, and left the rest at the garden door. Note, It is our wisdom and duty, when we are going to worship God, to lay aside all those thoughts and cares which may divert us from the service, leave them at the bottom of the hill, that we may attend on the Lord without distraction.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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).

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אַבְרָהָ֜םAbraham

    ʾavrahamH85 →175 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • נְעָרָ֗יוservants his

    nearavH5288 →239 times

  • שְׁבוּ־remain

    shevu-H3427 →1079 times

  • לָכֶ֥םfor <the> yourselves

    lakhem

  • פֹּה֙here

    pohH6311 →82 times

  • עִֽם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • הַחֲמ֔וֹרthe donkey

    hachamorH2543 →96 times

  • וַאֲנִ֣יand I

    vaaniH589 →874 times

  • וְהַנַּ֔עַרand the lad

    vehanaarH5288 →239 times

  • נֵלְכָ֖הwe will go

    nelekhahH1980 →1546 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • כֹּ֑הthere

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • וְנִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הso we may bow down

    venishtachavehH7812 →172 times

  • וְנָשׁ֥וּבָהand we will return

    venashuvahH7725 →1056 times

  • אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃to you

    ʾaleikhemH413 →5510 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 12:1

    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…

    it leads to

    • 2 Timothy 4:7

      I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

    • 1 Corinthians 9:24–27

      Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

    • Philippians 2:16

      as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

    • Luke 21:34

      But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

    • Hebrews 10:35–39

      So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

  • Through

    Hebrews 11:19

    Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 9:28

      After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.

    • Romans 4:17–21

      As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead…

    • Ephesians 3:20

      Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Testing of Abraham's Faith — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Testing of Abraham's Faith — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 22 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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