Genesis 22

Treated in 23 passages across the library.

  • 22:16 saying, "This is the word of the LORD: By myself I swear that since you have done this, and have not kept back your son, your only son, 5
  • 22:1 Some time after this, God put Abraham to the test. "Abraham!" he called, and Abraham answered, "Here I am." 4
  • 22:2 God said, "Please take your son, your only son, the one you love, Isaac. Go to the land of Moriah, and there, on one of the mountains that I will point out to you, offer him up as a burnt offering." 4
  • 22:8 Abraham answered, "God will see to the lamb for his burnt offering, my son." And the two of them walked on together. 4
  • 22:14 Abraham named that place "The LORD Will See to It." That is why people still say today, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be seen to." 4
  • 22:5 Then Abraham told his young men, "You wait here with the donkey. The boy and I are going on up there to worship, and afterward we will return to you." 2
  • 22:7 Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father." "I am here, my son," he answered. "I see the fire and the wood," said Isaac, "but where is the lamb to be offered?" 2
  • 22:9 They arrived at the place God had named to him. There Abraham built the altar and stacked the wood on it; then he tied up Isaac his son and placed him on the altar, above the wood. 2
  • 22:12 He said, "Keep your hand away from the boy, and do him no harm. I now know that you are one who fears God, since you have not refused me your son, your only son." 2
  • 22:13 When Abraham raised his eyes, he saw a ram behind him, held fast in the brush by its horns. So he went and took the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering in his son's place. 2
  • 22:3 Abraham was up at dawn. He saddled his donkey and took along two of his young men, and his son Isaac. After splitting wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had named to him. 1
  • 22:4 On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and caught sight of the place far away. 1
  • 22:6 Abraham loaded the wood for the burnt offering onto his son Isaac and carried the fire and the knife in his own hand, and the two of them walked on side by side. 1
  • 22:10 Abraham reached for the knife and took it in his hand, ready to slaughter his son. 1
  • 22:11 But from heaven the angel of the LORD called to him, "Abraham, Abraham!" And Abraham said, "I am here." 1
  • 22:17 I will pour out blessing on you and multiply your descendants until they are like the stars of the sky and the sand along the seashore. Your descendants will take the gates of their enemies, 1
  • 22:18 and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing, because you listened to me." 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    The Lamb God Provides cites Genesis 22:1

    …the hardest chapter in Abraham’s life. The test “Some time later God tested Abraham” (Genesis 22:1). God calls his name, and Abraham answers, “Here I am” (Genesis 22:1). Then God says…

  2. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Of love to God cites Gen. xxii. 2

    …he loved him entirely, and doted on him; but when God said, “Abraham, offer up thy son” (Gen. xxii. 2), though it were a thing which might seem, not only to oppose his reason, but his faith…

  3. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fourth Stage cites Gen. 22:9

    …altar, the wood, the fire, and the knife, for they remain to be seen to this very day. Gen. 22:9. When they had seen it, they held up their hands, and blessed themselves, and said, Oh…

  4. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Abraham Tested cites Genesis 22:8

    …speaking prophetically that “God would provide Himself the lamb for a burnt offering” (Genesis 22:8). He had no idea how true that would be, for it was on that same mountain, several…

  5. Stepping Stones · Gareth Evans

    Jehovah Jireh - Our Provider cites Genesis 22:14

    …financially but we found the Lord to be rightly named, Jehovah Jireh, our provider (Genesis 22:14). Three times in that school year we were without any money or provisions by the middle…

  6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 16 — The World, Created by God, Still Cherished and Protected by Him cites Gen. 22:8

    …not less to the hand than to the eye. When Abraham said to his son, God will provide (Gen. 22:8), he meant not merely to assert that the future event was foreknown to Gods but to resign…

  7. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Gen 22: 5

    …day, we must leave all worldly business behind, leave the ass at the bottom of the hill. Gen 22: 5. As Joseph, when he would speak with his brethren, thrust out the Egyptians, so, when we…

  8. The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer · Ochorus Originals

    The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing cites GENESIS 22:2

    …offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. GENESIS 22:2 Abraham obeyed, and at the last moment God stayed his hand and provided a ram in Isaac’s…

  9. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    Present cites GENESIS 22:2

    …lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering. GENESIS 22:2 He drew out something about this demand that is easy to miss and, once seen, hard to…

  10. The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson · Ochorus Originals

    Christ in All the Scriptures cites GENESIS 22:14

    …place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. GENESIS 22:14 The bitter water at Marah was healed, and God revealed Himself there as the One who heals…

  11. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    To the Ends of the Earth cites Genesis 22:16

    …ready to offer Isaac, God said, “you have done this and have not withheld your only son” (Genesis 22:16). Paul uses the same picture of God Himself: “He who did not spare His own Son but gave…

  12. Tell Me the Story – Book 1: In the Beginning · Ochorus Originals

    God Will Provide cites Genesis 22:8

    “Abraham answered, ‘God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.’” — Genesis 22:8 Isaac grew from a baby into a boy. Abraham and Sarah loved him so much. He was the son…

  13. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Christ alone advanceth this government cites Gen. xxii. 13

    …of ourselves. Hence it is that in the mount, that is, in extremities, God is most seen, Gen. xxii. 13. Hence it is that we are saved by the grace of faith, that carrieth us out of ourselves…

  14. The Way Into the Holiest · F. B. Meyer

    The Anchorage of the Soul cites Gen. xxii. 16

    …sware by no greater, he sware by himself." "By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord', (Gen. xxii. 16). And so it is with us. We who by faith are the spiritual seed of Abraham are blessed…

  15. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section II. The Acts of the Will of the Human Soul of Jesus Christ, Necessarily Holy, Yet Truly Virtuous, Praise-worthy, Rewardable, &c cites Gen. xxii. 16

    …These promises were often made with great solemnity, and confirmed with an oath; as, (Gen. xxii. 16, 17.), “By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that in blessing I will bless thee, and…

  16. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Gen. 22:1

    …by the name of trials or proofs.8080 2 Cor. 8:2; Heb. 11:36; 1 Pet 1:7; chap. 4:12; Gen. 22:1; Deut. 8:2, 16; chap. 13:3; Exod. 15:25; chap. 16:4; Judges 2:22; chap. 3:1, 4; Psal.…

  17. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    Abraham's Offering Up His Son Isaac cites Genesis 22:12

    Genesis 22:12 — “And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him, for…

  18. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Righteousness of Faith cites Gen. 22:16

    …sworn, saith the Lord, that in thy seed shall all the nations of the world be blessed.” (Gen. 22:16, 18.) It was yet more fully made known to Moses, to David, and to the Prophets that…

  19. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    Appendix A: Scripture Texts That Moulded George Müller cites Gen. xxii. 14

    …will hear when I call unto Him." (Psa. iv. 3.) "JEHOVAH JIREH." (The Lord will provide.) (Gen. xxii. 14.) "HE HATH SAID, I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE, NOR FORSAKE THEE; SO THAT WE MAY BOLDLY SAY…

  20. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Alive or Dead? cites Gen. xxii. 1

    …Who?”—Surely we ought to be, like Abraham, very ready with our answer: “Here am I!” (Gen. xxii. 1.) “Ah!” you may say,—“These are ancient things: these are brave words. We know it all.…

  21. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Forgiveness cites Gen. xxii. 7

    …there. Say rather with Isaac, “Here. is the wood and the fire, but where is the Lamb? (Gen. xxii. 7.) Be very sure this is not the place for your soul. III. Let me, in the third place…

  22. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 18 — The Righteousness of Works Improperly Inferred from Rewards cites Gen. 22:16-18

    …seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice,” (Gen. 22:16-18). What is it we hear? Did Abraham by his obedience merit the blessing which had been…

  23. Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Genesis 22:1-14

    …back to God, uncertain whether he would ever allow them to marry. Scriptures to revisit Genesis 22:1-14; Romans 12:1; Psalm 37:4-5. Reflection 1. What desire are you holding most tightly? 2.…