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They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
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Isaac's Willing Submission
Multiple commentators (Calvin, Gill, Ellicott) stress that Isaac was not a small child but a young man strong enough to resist his elderly father. His submission was therefore voluntary. This act demonstrates Isaac's own profound faith, making him not just a passive victim but an active participant and a powerful type of Christ, who willingly laid down His own life.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
2. מריה morı̂yâh — “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh; Septuagint, ὑψηλή hupsēlē — Onkelos, “w…
19th Century
Anglican
Abraham ... bound Isaac.—Jewish commentators agree that this was done with Isaac’s consent, nor could it well have been otherwise.…
Baptist
And laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took th…
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16th Century
Protestant
And they came to the place. Moses purposely passes over many things, which, nevertheless, the reader should consider. When he has mentione…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they came to the place which God had told him of Mount Moriah. Maimonides F6 says, "it is a tradition…
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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