But Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there.
Parallel translations
- WEB Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.
- KJV And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
- BSB Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
- NASB Then Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there!
- NLT “No!” Abraham responded. “Be careful never to take my son there.
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Quick answer
Abraham firmly forbids ever taking Isaac back to the old country. The son of promise must remain in the land God gave.
Overview
Abraham insists Isaac stay in Canaan, the land of promise, never returning to Mesopotamia. To bring him back would be to forsake the inheritance God had sworn to give. His resolve reflects unwavering faith that God will keep His covenant in the appointed land.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 2 Pet 2:20–22For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
- Gal 5:1Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
- Heb 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
- Heb 11:9By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
- Heb 11:13–16These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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