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On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
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A Three-Day Test of Faith
The three-day journey was not just travel time; it was a profound test. Commentators like Spurgeon and Gill emphasize that this period proves Abraham's obedience was not a rash impulse. He had ample time to reconsider and deliberate, yet he remained resolute, demonstrating a deliberate and sustained faith in God's command.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
2. מריה morı̂yâh — “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh; Septuagint, ὑψηλή hupsēlē — Onkelos, “w…
19th Century
Anglican
On the third day. —We may compare the patriarch's feelings during these two weary days of travel with those of Hagar as she wander…
Baptist
His was deliberate obedience; he could bear suspense, thinking over the whole matter for three days, and setting his face like a flint to obey his …
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16th Century
Protestant
And saw the place. He saw, indeed, with his eyes, the place which had previously been shown him in secret vision. But when it is said that…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then on the third day After he had received the command from God, and from his setting out on his journey; for he ha…
Never was any gold tried in so hot a fire. Who but Abraham would not have argued with God? Such would have been the thought of a weak heart; but Ab…
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