Genesis 22:1-6
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. ²And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
     ³And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. ⁴Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. ⁵And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. ⁶And 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; and they went both of them together. (KJV)

1. tempt = nacah {naw-saw'}
   = to test, try, assay, prove; put to the proof or test; It is in the Piel stem = expresses an "intensive" or "intentional" action; & is in the Perfect mood = a completed action.
        
2. only (note: "son" has been added by the translators).
   The Hebrew text = "only"= yachiyd {yaw-kheed'}
   = unique; solitary; only one of his kind.
   
   The TWOT = "only begotten son." This has a two-fold meaning:
   Isaac is unique as being the only son of both Abraham & Sarah,
   & he is also the son of promise;
   but, he is also the type of God's Only begotten Son.
        
3. Moriah = Mowriyah {Mo-ree-yaw'}
   = "chosen by Jehovah." (Temple mount today)
        
4. burnt = 'olah {o-law'}
   = the whole (not in pieces) offering to be burned as a sacrifice unto Jehovah God; This word also means to "ascend up to the altar." It probably reflects the fact of the smoke ascending up from the sacrifice.
        
5. worship = shachah {shaw-khaw'}
   = to bow down; prostrate oneself before God in worship;
   In the Hithpael stem = expresses a "reflexive" action (himself);
   & in the Imperfect mood = an incomplete single action (vivid & colorful).
        
6. come again = shuwb {shoob}
   = return; go or come back; In the Qal stem (statement of fact)
   & the Imperfect mood = incomplete action (single, colorful,etc).
   Abraham believed that both he & Isaac would return. This may indicate that Abraham believed that The LORD would raise Isaac from death.

2. What Isaac was thinking about along the way.

Genesis 22:7-8
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? ⁸And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. (KJV)

1. It was certainly strange to Abraham's servants just as it was to Isaac that there was no lamb for the sacrifice. They left with only the wood, the fire, & a knife. ONLY Abraham knew that the sacrifice was present in his son, Isaac.
        
2. Isaac knew that a LAMB would be the proper sacrifice. (This points to The LAMB of God, Jesus Christ).
        
3. will provide = ra'-ah {raw-aw'}
   = will see & provide.
   In the Qal stem = a simple statement of fact
   & Imperfect mood = a single action (in past) more vivid & colorful. (Jehovah Jireh)

Revelation 13:8
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 5:6
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. (KJV)

Revelation 5:12
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

John 1:36
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! (KJV)

3. The sacrifice is offered up to Jehovah.

Genesis 22:9-12
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. ¹⁰And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. ¹¹And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. ¹²And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.(The LORD looks on the heart! He saw the determined intent of Abraham to obey.)

The difference between an "offering," & a "sacrifice":

1. offering = minchah {min-khaw'}
   = from a root word meaning, "to apportion."
   = bestow, a donation; usually bloodless & voluntary; present; sacrifice.
        
2. sacrifice = zabach {zaw-bakh'}
   = from a root meaning, "to slaughter." (Usually in sacrifice); kill, slay, offer.
        
3. Abraham was told to offer a burnt offering in which case, slaying would be necessary: In verse 10, above, Abraham took the knife to slay his son. This was a sacrifice and pointed to our Lord Jesus as The sacrifice for SIN.

Ephesians 5:1-2
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; ²And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Hebrews 9:24-26
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: ²⁵Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; ²⁶For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. (KJV)

Hebrews 10:10-12
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. ¹¹And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: ¹²But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; (KJV)

Hebrews 10:26-27
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, ²⁷But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (KJV)

1 Corinthians 5:7
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed (slain) for us:

4. Abraham believed that God would raise Isaac back to life. This points to the resurrection of Jesus.

Hebrews 11:17-19
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, ¹⁸Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: ¹⁹Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

figure = parabole {par-ab-ol-ay'}
= comparison; parable; an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated.

5. Almighty God (Jehovah-Jireh) provided a burnt offering "in the stead of" Isaac.

Genesis 22:13-14
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a 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. ¹⁴And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. (KJV)

1. in the stead = tachath {takh'-ath}
   = instead; under; for; in the same place. (Fig.)
   = in one's place. In place of; in exchange for; (as a new king succeeds to a throne of one dead monarch & rules "in stead" of him.) Here it is to prefigure the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus for the sinner.
        
2. Jehovah-Jireh = Jehovah "sees" - Jehovah "will provide."

2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (KJV)

Galatians 3:13-14
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: ¹⁴That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (KJV)

Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

(Heb.= "hath made the iniquity of us all to meet on Him.")

6. Abraham is commended by The LORD for his obedience and God restates His promises of blessings, not to him only, but all the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 22:15-18
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, ¹⁶And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: ¹⁷That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; ¹⁸And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. (KJV)

1. The "angel of Jehovah" equates Himself with Jehovah: "I, saith The LORD."
        
2. The Seed Who will accomplish this is JESUS!

Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham and his SEED were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (KJV)

7. A lineage is given in order to point up Bethuel and his daughter, Rebekah, who will later become the wife of Isaac. Rebekah was Abraham's brother's (Nahor) granddaughter.

Genesis 22:20-23
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; ²¹Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, ²²And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. ²³And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. (KJV)

8. The death of Sarah & the purchase of a buryingplace, the field of Machpelah.

Genesis 23:1-4
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. ²And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
     ³And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, ⁴I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. (KJV)

1. Sarah died at the age of 127 years. She was 10 years younger than Abraham. He died at age 175 years, thus he lived 38 more years after Sarah died & married again to a woman named, Keturah, who bore him 6 sons. (Gen. 25:1-4) So, Abraham had 8 sons from his loins, but only Isaac was the "son of promise," born from Sarah.
        
2. Abraham was only a sojourner in this land when Sarah died, He had to find a place to bury his wife, so he found a field which had a cave in it, and purchased it.
        
3. Heth = Cheth {Khayth}
   = "terror." Heth was a son of Canaan & the grandson of Ham. Here is a descendant of SHEM buying a place to bury his dead from a descendant of HAM, in a land where he sojourned, which would later be given to Abraham & his "seed" as "the promised land." So, Sarah was not buried in a "foreign" land, but in a land eventually to be her "homeland."

Genesis 23:12-20
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. ¹³And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. ¹⁴And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, ¹⁵My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
     ¹⁶And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. ¹⁷And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure ¹⁸Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. ¹⁹And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. ²⁰And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. (KJV)

4. The willingness of Ephron to "give" the land & cave to Abraham was just a process of doing business in the East. It was the beginning of "negotiations." Abraham had previously said that he did not want anything "free" lest the giver would say that he had made Abraham rich. (Gen. 14:23)
        
5. No doubt, this purchase of Abraham was also an act of FAITH that Jehovah would give this land to Abraham's descendants. (Gen. 13:14-18)
        
6. The purchase of this buryingplace was also a belief in the bodily resurrection.
        
7. Sarah's tomb is an important place in Israel today!
        
8. Isaac was 37 years old when his mother, Sarah, died. He was not yet married.