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And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind [him] a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

2. מריה morı̂yâh — “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh; Septuagint, ὑψηλή hupsēlē — Onkelos, “w…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Behind. —By a slight change in the shape of a consonant, many ancient authorities read one ram instead of a ram behin…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Here is another type of our Savior's great sacrifice on Calvary—the ram offered in the place of Jesus. How often do you and I have our great Substi…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And, behold, behind him a ram. What the Jews fabricate concerning this ram, as having been created on the sixth day of the world, is like …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Abraham lifted up his eyes They were before fixed upon his son lying upon the altar, and intent upon that part he was…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

It was not God's intention that Isaac should actually be sacrificed. Yet, in due time, nobler blood than that of animals was to be shed for sin—eve…

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