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Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

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Isaac Prefigures Christ

Commentators widely see Isaac as a type of Christ. Just as Isaac, a grown man, carried the wood for his own sacrifice, Jesus carried His own cross to Calvary. Scholars like John Gill suggest the wood also symbolizes our sins, which were laid upon Christ to be consumed by the fire of God's judgment.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Genesis 22:1–24

18th Century

Theologian

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

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On Genesis 22:6

19th Century

Preacher

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife;

Tha…

John Gill

John Gill

On Genesis 22:6

17th Century

Pastor

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering
Which Josephus F1 says was laid upon the ass, and carried…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Genesis 22:3–10

17th Century

Minister

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…