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Genesis 22

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Genesis 22 . 1

1 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he answered.IPHebrews 11:17-19CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:1TTAbraham (Father of Faith) · Burnt Offering (Christ's Total Consecration) · Isaac (Child of Promise)

Genesis 22 . 2

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."IP2 Chronicles 3:1-2CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:2TTAbraham (Father of Faith) · Burnt Offering (Christ's Total Consecration) · Isaac (Child of Promise)

Genesis 22 . 3

3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.IPHebrews 11:17-19CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:3

Genesis 22 . 4

4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.IPHebrews 11:17-19CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:4

Genesis 22 . 5

5 "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."IPHebrews 11:17-19CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:5

Genesis 22 . 6

6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.IPHebrews 11:17-19CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:6

Genesis 22 . 7

7 Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" "Here I am, my son," he replied. "The fire and the wood are here," said Isaac, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"IPHebrews 11:17-19CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:7

Genesis 22 . 8

8 Abraham answered, "God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two walked on together.IPHebrews 11:17-19CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:8

Genesis 22 . 9

9 When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.IPHebrews 11:17-19CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:9

Genesis 22 . 10

10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.IPHebrews 11:17-19CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:10

Genesis 22 . 11

11 Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:11

Genesis 22 . 12

12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him," said the angel, "for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me."CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:12

Genesis 22 . 13

13 Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:13LTSacrifice and Atonement

Genesis 22 . 14

14 And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:14

Genesis 22 . 15

15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:15

Genesis 22 . 16

16 saying, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,IPRomans 8:32CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:16TTOath of God (Unchangeable Counsel)

Genesis 22 . 17

17 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.IPHebrews 11:12 · Hebrews 6:14 · Genesis 1:28CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:17TTOath of God (Unchangeable Counsel) · Abraham (Father of Faith) · Garden Commission (Extending Sacred Space) · Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring)ATNIn Your Offspring All Nations

Genesis 22 . 18

18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."IPPsalms 72:17 · Genesis 3:15 · Genesis 12:3 · Isaiah 11:10CGenesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:18TTOath of God (Unchangeable Counsel) · Abraham (Father of Faith) · Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) · Isaac (Child of Promise) · Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring) · Seth (Appointed Seed)LTSeed and OffspringATNIn Your Offspring All Nations

Genesis 22 . 19

19 Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.CGenesis 21:33-22:19 · Genesis 22:1-19TOSKGenesis 22:19

Genesis 22 . 20

20 Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:TOSKGenesis 22:20

Genesis 22 . 21

21 Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),TOSKGenesis 22:21

Genesis 22 . 22

22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

Genesis 22 . 23

23 And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.TOSKGenesis 22:23

Genesis 22 . 24

24 Moreover, Nahor's concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.CGenesis 11:27-22:24 (Abraham Cycle)TOSKGenesis 22:24

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Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations Hebrews 6:14 → Genesis 22:17

Allusions Romans 8:32 → Genesis 22:16, Hebrews 11:12 → Genesis 22:17, Hebrews 11:17-19 → Genesis 22:1-10, Genesis 22:17-18 → Genesis 1:28, Genesis 22:17-18 → Genesis 3:15, Genesis 22:18 → Genesis 12:3, 2 Chronicles 3:1-2 → Genesis 22:2, Psalms 72:17 → Genesis 22:18

Echoes Isaiah 11:10 → Genesis 22:18

Trajectories

Abraham (Father of Faith), Burnt Offering (Christ's Total Consecration), Garden Commission (Extending Sacred Space), Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations), Isaac (Child of Promise), Oath of God (Unchangeable Counsel), Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring), Seth (Appointed Seed)

Longitudinal Themes

Sacrifice and Atonement, Seed and Offspring

Anchor Text Networks

Networked Genesis 22.18 - In Your Offspring All Nations

Chiasms

Shaped Genesis 11:27–22:24 (Abraham Cycle), Genesis 21:33–22:19, Genesis 22:1–19