[Abraham said to his servant,] "Go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac."GENESIS 24:4+The Honorable MarriageThe canonists [scholars devoted to the study of ecclesiastical ...  Read More

And Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.GENESIS 23:2+Abraham WeptBy this example Holy Scripture shows that mourning or weeping over dead parents, a wife, or friends does not displea...  Read More

Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.GENESIS 23:1+The Kinds of LifeA consideration of the years of the lives of Sarah would be more profitable. For Moses is referring to th...  Read More

"By your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed."GENESIS 22:18 (according to Luther's translation)+We Are Blessed in the SeedWe, too, who believe that this Seed is our blessing, have good ...  Read More

“And by your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."GENESIS 22:18 (according to Luther's translation)+The Promise Depends on the SeedThe Hebrew way of ex...  Read More

“And by your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."GENESIS 22:18 (according to Luther's translation)+The Blessing in the SeedAll glorying is excluded by...  Read More

"I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore."GENESIS 22:17+Stars and SandThese words are the subject matter and t...  Read More

"By Myself I have sworn ... I will surely bless you."GENESIS 22:16-17+God Is for MeTrue faith draws the following conclusion: "God is God for me because He speaks to me. He forgives me my sins. He is ...  Read More

"By Myself I have sworn... I will surely bless you."GENESIS 22:16-17+Christ Is the PledgeOur trust will be perfect when life and death, glory and shame, adversity and good fortune will be alike to us....  Read More

"By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you."GENESIS 22:16-17God's OathThe fact that God swears by Him...  Read More

So Abraham called the name of that place, The Lord Will See; as it is said to this day: On the mount the Lord will see.GENESIS 22:14 (according to Luther's translation)+The Lord Will SeeThis name, The...  Read More

Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.GE...  Read More