Берешит 22:16 Комментарий: Bekhor Shor, Ramban, Kli Yakar & Radak

And did not withhold your only [son]: You brought up your only son before Me, and you planned to reduce your seed. But I will give you, "and I shall surely increase your seed" (Genesis 22:17).

BECAUSE THOU HAST DONE THIS THING. In the beginning He promised him that he would increase his descendants as the stars of heaven³⁸⁷Above, 15:5. and the dust of the earth,³⁸⁸Above, 13:16. but now He gave him the additional assurance that because thou hast done this great deed, He swore by His Great Name [that He would increase his descendants as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore],³⁸⁹Verse 17 here. and that his seed will possess the gate of its enemies.³⁸⁹Verse 17 here. Thus Abraham was assured that no sin whatever would cause the destruction of his descendants, nor would they fall into the hand of their enemies and not rise again. Thus this constitutes a perfect Divine assurance of the redemption which is destined to come to us.

Because you have done this thing, etc. From the fact that it [later] states and did not withhold your son, we can learn that the phrase because you have done refers to something else. Furthermore, above it stated and did not withhold your son, your only one, from Me, but here it does not mention “from Me.” Additionally, the doubling of language in I will surely bless you needs explanation, for according to Rashi’s interpretation that one blessing is for the father and one for the son, the doubling of I will greatly multiply remains difficult to understand. Therefore, it appears to me that since with every sacrificial service [Abraham] would say “May it be Your will as if my son were slaughtered,” it is as if he performed two acts: the actual sacrifice of the ram in deed, and the sacrifice of his son in thought. Therefore it says because you have done this thing, referring to the actual act of sacrifice, for all the promises were given to him in merit of the sacrifices. And you did not withhold your son refers to mentioning him in every single service. This is why it doesn’t say “from Me” here, which would indicate an actual sacrifice, since at this point He wasn’t actually planning to sacrifice him. Therefore, I will surely bless you is a double blessing — one corresponding to the deed and one corresponding to the thought — and this is the reason for I will greatly multiply.