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In Gen. 22:2 [Where ADONAI says] "... Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, Isaac" -
Darby, J. N. (1996).
We know that Avraham already had more than one son at this time. So, does it imply that Yitzchak was the only son whom he loved? I don't think so (see Gen. 21:11).
I know that Ishmael was born of a slave girl, so he did not have the same status, but he was still a son (although I've read that because of this circumstance Yitchak would have been the only son in a legal sense).
Is it said in this way because Yitzchak was his only son that was living? No, because we know Ishmael assisted in burying Avraham (see Gen 25:9).
Maybe it was said because Yitzchak was his only son who was living with him.
In Hebrews 11:17 it calls him Avraham's "monogenēs" (only begotten); thus, this is yet another way in which he foreshadows the Messiah, but the term could possibly be used to simply indicate that he was the "only one of his kind," - Enhanced Strong's Lexicon (so he was very special). That train of thought would fit since he was the one through whom the seed would come (see Gen. 21:12).
I'd like to know your (everyone's) thoughts on this.
Posted by: John A. Schutz | September 16, 2009 at 07:48 AM