...the ANGEL OF THE LORD called from heaven and said, " Abraham, lay not thine hand upon the lad ; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me." At the sound of this heavenly voice, Abraham lifted up his eyes, and beheld...

...said, Here am I. And 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 him. . And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram...

...of other holy dispositions. " By " faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up " Isaac." " By this I know that thou fearest God, " seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only " son, from me."* The words of the Lord Jesus to the apostle of the gentiles shew the holy...

...manifestation of the favor of God toward him. When Abraham had proved faithful under this trial, God says to him, " Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." This declaration implies, that in the practical exercise of grace, the existence...

...here am I. — And 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 sob from me. Here we may see, that Abraham did really, in bis heart, sacrifice bis only...

...to pass by all that went before, as of small account in comparison of this last instance of duty : " Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me," Gen. xxii. Surely we likewise must say, " In this was manifested the love...

...iv. 18. II. Fear God. GOD said unto Abraham, Now I know that thou fearest God, &c. — Gen. xxii. 12. Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son. — Gen. xxii. 12. But the midwivcs feared God, and did not as the king- of Egypt commanded them, but...

...I." 12. And ha 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." 1 3. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him...

...he said, here am I. And he said. Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh," ie the Lord will...

...his supreme and lasting regard. " And the angel of the Lord called to him out of heaven and said, — now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me." The youth of Joseph was long embittered by persecution and servitude, and...