Genesis 22:4
And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Die autem tertio, elevatis oculis, vidit locum procul :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ. καὶ ἀναβλέψας Ἀβραὰμ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἴδεν τὸν τόπον μακρόθεν·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י וַיִּשָּׂ֨א אַבְרָהָ֧ם אֶת עֵינָ֛יו וַיַּ֥רְא אֶת הַמָּק֖וֹם מֵרָחֹֽק
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria The Stromata, or Miscellanies, Chapter XI. Abstraction from Material Things Necessary in Order to Attain to the True Knowledge of God
Again: “Abraham, when he came to the place which God told him of on the third day, looking up, saw the place afar off.” For the first day is that which is constituted by the sight of good things; and the second is the soul’s best desire; on the third, the mind perceives spiritual things, the eyes of the understanding being opened by the Teacher who rose on the third day. The three days may be the mystery of the seal, in which God is really believed. It is consequently afar off that he sees the place. For the region of God is hard to attain; which Plato called the region of ideas, having learned from Moses that it was a place which contained all things universally. But it is seen by Abraham afar off, rightly, because of his being in the realms of generation, and he is forthwith initiated by the angel. …
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews, Argument from the Destruction of Jerusalem and Desolation of Judea
This “wood,” again, Isaac the son of Abraham personally carried for his own sacrifice, when God had enjoined that he should be made a victim to Himself. But, because these had been mysteries which were being kept for perfect fulfilment in the times of Christ, Isaac, on the one hand, with his “wood,” was reserved, the ram being of fered which was caught by the horns in the bramble; Christ, on the other hand, in His times, carried His “wood” on His own shoulders, adhering to the horns of the cross, with a thorny crown encircling His head. …