Genesis 22:4
in Genesis 22On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
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ASV
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
KJV
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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This verse in Genesis 22
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThe third day, however, is always applied to mysteries. For also when the people had departed from Egypt, they offer sacrifice to God on the third day and are purified on the third day. And the third day is the day of the Lord's resurrection. Many other mysteries also are included within this day.
This site's exposition
Abraham got up early the next morning
on Genesis 22:3-4
Abraham gets up early and splits the wood himself, so he carries the means of his son's death for three days. Genesis never says what he told Sarah, a silence Henry leaves standing. Gill puts Beersheba about forty miles from Moriah, which fills the two days before the third.
This site's exposition
On the third day Abraham looked up
Origen gathers the third days of Scripture around this one, the day of Israel's sacrifice after Egypt and the day of the resurrection. John Gill notes one donkey among the servants and Isaac, so they walked. Abraham saw the place on the third day.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The fact that he arrived at the place of sacrifice on the third day is shown to represent the mystery of the Trinity. That the third day should be accepted in the sense of a promise or mystery of the Trinity is found frequently in …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then on the third day,.... After he had received the command from God, and from his setting out on his journey; for he had now travelled two days, Mount Moriah being forty miles from Beersheba, where Abraham dwelt (s); or, as others compute it, forty: Hebron (t) was twenty miles from Beersheba, and Jerusalem twenty two from Hebron; and to travel twenty miles a day on foot, as Isaac and the servants seem to have done, there being but one ass among them, was far enough in those hot countries.
Then on the third day,.... After he had received the command from God, and from his setting out on his journey; for he had now travelled two days, Mount Moriah being forty miles from Beersheba, where Abraham dwelt (s); or, as others compute it, forty: Hebron (t) was twenty miles from Beersheba, and Jerusalem twenty two from Hebron; and to travel twenty miles a day on foot, as Isaac and the servants seem to have done, there being but one ass among them, was far enough in those hot countries.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The third day - “As the number Seven,” says Mr. Ainsworth, “is of especial use in Scripture because of the Sabbath day, Gen 2:2, so Three is a mystical number because of Christ’s rising from the dead the third day, Mat 17:23; 1Co 15:4; as he was crucified the third hour after noon, Mar 15:25: and Isaac, as he was a figure of Christ, in being the only son of his father, and not spared but offered for a sacrifice, Rom 8:32, so in sundry particulars he resembled our Lord: the third day Isaac was to be offered up, so it was the third day in which Christ also was to be perfected, Luk 13:32; Isaac carried the wood for the burnt-offering, Gen 22:6, so Christ carried the tree whereon he died, Joh 19:17; the binding of Isaac, Gen 21:9, was also typical, so Christ was bound, Mat 27:2. “In the following remarkable cases this number also occurs.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י | hashelishi | <the> third | H7992 → | 107 times |
| וַיִּשָּׂ֨א | vaiyisa' | and he lifted up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֧ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֵינָ֛יו | ʾeinav | eyes his | H5869 → | 887 times |
| וַיַּ֥רְא | vaiyar' | and he saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמָּק֖וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| מֵרָחֹֽק׃ | merachok | from a distance | H7350 → |
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י<the> third
hashelishiH7992 →107 times
וַיִּשָּׂ֨אand he lifted up
vaiyisa'H5375 →656 times
אַבְרָהָ֧םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֵינָ֛יוeyes his
ʾeinavH5869 →887 times
וַיַּ֥רְאand he saw
vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמָּק֖וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
מֵרָחֹֽק׃from a distance
merachokH7350 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
1 Corinthians 15:4that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
it leads to
- Hosea 6:2
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Psalms 16:10–11
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- Hosea 6:2
Through
2 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I…
it leads to
- Psalms 66:19–20
But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
- Isaiah 38:5
“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to…
- 1 Samuel 9:16
“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of…
- Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
- 2 Kings 19:20
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
- Psalms 66:19–20
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Caesarius of Arles, SERMON 84.2; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 8.4.