SEV Biblia, Chapter 22:4
Al tercer día alzó Abraham sus ojos, y vio el lugar de lejos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:4
Verse 4. The third day] ""As the number SEVEN,"" says Mr. Ainsworth, ""is of especial use in Scripture because of the Sabbath day, chap. ii. 2, so THREE is a mystical number because of Christ's rising from the dead the third day, Matt. xvii. 23; 1 Cor. xv. 4; as he was crucified the third hour after noon, Mark xv. 25: and Isaac, as he was a figure of Christ, in being the only son of his father, and not spared but offered for a sacrifice, Rom. viii. 32, so in sundry particulars he resembled our Lord: the third day Isaac was to be offered up, so it was the third day in which Christ also was to be perfected, Luke xiii. 32; Isaac carried the wood for the burnt-offering, ver. 6, so Christ carried the tree whereon he died, John xix. 17; the binding of Isaac, chap. xxi. 9, was also typical, so Christ was bound, Matthew xxvii. 2. ""In the following remarkable cases this number also occurs. Moses desired to go three days' journey in the wilderness to sacrifice, Exod. v. 3; and they traveled three days in it before they found water, Exod. xv. 22; and three days' journey the ark of the covenant went before them, to search out a resting place, Num. x. 33; by the third day the people were to be ready to receive God's law, Exod. xix. 11; and after three days to pass over Jordan into Canaan, Josh. i. 14; the third day Esther put on the apparel of the kingdom, Esth. v. 1; on the third day Hezekiah, being recovered from his illness, went up to the house of the Lord, 2 Kings xx. 5; on the third day, the prophet said, God will raise us up and we shall live before him, Hos. vi. 2; and on the third day, as well as on the seventh, the unclean person was to purify himself, Num. xix. 12: with many other memorable things which the Scripture speaks concerning the third day, and not without mystery. See chap. xl. 12, 13; xlii. 17, 18; Jonah i. 17; Josh. ii. 16; unto which we may add a Jew's testimony in Bereshith Rabba, in a comment on this place: There are many THREE DAYS mentioned in the Holy Scripture, of which one is the resurrection of the Messiah.""-Ainsworth.
Saw the place afar off.] He knew the place by seeing the cloud of glory smoking on the top of the mountain. - Targum.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 3-10 - Never was any gold tried in so hot a fire. Who but Abraham would no have argued with God? Such would have been the thought of a weak heart but Abraham knew that he had to do with a God, even Jehovah. Faith ha taught him not to argue, but to obey. He is sure that what God command is good; that what he promises cannot be broken. In matters of God whoever consults with flesh and blood, will never offer up his Isaac to God. The good patriarch rises early, and begins his sad journey. An now he travels three days, and Isaac still is in his sight! Misery is made worse when long continued. The expression, We will come again to you, shows that Abraham expected that Isaac, being raised from the dead, would return with him. It was a very affecting question tha Isaac asked him, as they were going together: "My father," said Isaac it was a melting word, which, one would think, should strike deeper in the heart of Abraham, than his knife could in the heart of Isaac. Ye he waits for his son's question. Then Abraham, where he meant not prophesies: "My son, God will provide a lamb for a burnt-offering." The Holy Spirit, by his mouth, seems to predict the Lamb of God, which he has provided, and which taketh away the sin of the world. Abraham lay the wood in order for his Isaac's funeral pile, and now tells him the amazing news: Isaac, thou art the lamb which God has provided! Abraham no doubt, comforting him with the same hopes with which he himself by faith was comforted. Yet it is necessary that the sacrifice be bound The great Sacrifice, which, in the fulness of time, was to be offere up, must be bound, and so must Isaac. This being done, Abraham take the knife, and stretches out his hand to give the fatal blow. Here in an act of faith and obedience, which deserves to be a spectacle to God angels, and men. God, by his providence, calls us to part with an Isaa sometimes, and we must do it with cheerful submission to his holy will 1Sa 3:18.
Original Hebrew
ביום 3117 השׁלישׁי 7992 וישׂא 5375 אברהם 85 את 853 עיניו 5869 וירא 7200 את 853 המקום 4725 מרחק׃ 7350
