Midrash sa Genesis 22:7: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Midrash Tanchuma Buber & Bereshit Rabbah

“Support me with raisin cakes, cushion me with apples, for I am lovesick” (Song of Songs 2:5).
“Support me with raisin cakes [ba’ashishot],” with two fires [ishot], a heavenly fire and an earthly fire. Alternatively, “support me with raisin cakes [ba’ashishot],” with two fires [ishot], the written Torah and the oral Torah.⁵¹The word of God is analogized to fire (see Deuteronomy 33:2 and Jeremiah 23:29). Alternatively, “support me with raisin cakes [ba’ashishot],” with many fires [ishot]; with the fire of Abraham,⁵²This is a reference to the fiery furnace into which Nimrod cast Abraham; see Bereshit Rabba 38:13. of Moriah,⁵³Abraham took materials with which to make a fire at the binding of Isaac, which took place on Mount Moriah; see Genesis 22:7. of the bush, of Elijah,⁵⁴On Mount Carmel; see I Kings 18:38. and of Ḥanaya Mishael and Azarya.⁵⁵See Daniel chapter 3. Another matter, “support me with raisin cakes [ba’ashishot],” these are the halakhot, which are well-founded [hame’ushahshot].⁵⁶These are halakhot that resulted from a rigorous process of deliberation. “Cushion me with apples,” these are the aggadot, whose fragrance and taste are like apples.
“For I am lovesick,” the congregation of Israel said before the Holy One blessed be He: ‘Master of the universe, all the maladies that you inflict upon me are in order to make me beloved to You.’⁵⁷They are designed to cause me to return me to the path of righteousness. Alternatively, “for I am lovesick,” the congregation of Israel said before the Holy One blessed be He: ‘Master of the universe, all the maladies that the nations of the world afflict upon us are due to the fact that I love You.’ Alternatively, “for I am lovesick,” even though I am ill,⁵⁸Sinful. I am beloved to Him.
It is taught: Until a person becomes ill, he eats whatever he finds. When he becomes ill, he seeks to eat all sorts of delicacies.⁵⁹Food that is easier for him to chew and digest while he is ill, or food that tastes good and provides him with some enjoyment to counteract the discomfort of his illness. Rabbi Yitzḥak said: In the past, the Torah was accessible, and [people] would seek to hear a passage of the Mishna and a passage from the Talmud. Now that the Torah is not accessible, they seek to hear a passage from the Bible or a passage from aggada. Rabbi Levi said: In the past, money was available and a person desired to hear a passage from Mishna, halakha, and the Talmud. Today that money is not available, and especially because they are ill due to subjugation, they seek to hear only words of blessing and consolation.

Thus has R. Tanhuma interpreted (Gen. 27:1): NOW IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN ISAAC WAS OLD < AND HIS EYES WERE TOO WEAK TO SEE >. You find that there are twenty generations from Adam to Abraham, and there is no < mention of > old age written about < any of > them except Abraham, as stated (in Gen. 24:1): NOW ABRAHAM WAS OLD.²⁶For parallel accounts, see above, 5:4. Isaac arose, < and > it is also written (in Gen. 27:1): NOW IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN ISAAC WAS OLD. Jacob arose, < and > it is also written (in Gen. 48:10): NOW ISRAEL'S EYES WERE DIM WITH AGE. This text is related (to Ps. 90:16): LET YOUR WORK BE WORTHY FOR YOUR SERVANTS AND YOUR GLORY ON BEHALF OF THEIR CHILDREN. Now GLORY can only be old age and gray hair, as stated (in Prov. 20:29): THE BEAUTY OF THE YOUNG IS THEIR STRENGTH; BUT THE GLORY OF THE OLD IS GRAY HAIR. Ergo (in Ps. 90:16): AND YOUR GLORY ON BEHALF OF THEIR CHILDREN. < These words mean > that Abraham endowed Isaac with five things. Thus have our masters taught (in 'Eduy. 2:9): A FATHER ENDOWS HIS SON WITH FIVE THINGS: WITH BEAUTY, WITH STRENGTH, WITH WEALTH, WITH WISDOM, AND WITH < LENGTH OF > YEARS. How is it shown about BEAUTY? In that Isaac was as handsome as Joseph. It is written of Joseph (in Gen. 39:6): NOW JOSEPH WAS WELL BUILT. Also, when he went to his brothers, they said (in Gen. 37:19): HERE COMES THIS (hallazeh) DREAMER. It is also said of Isaac (in Gen. 24:65): WHO IS THIS (hallazeh) MAN < WALKING IN THE FIELD TO MEET US >? Thus Isaac was as handsome as Joseph. How is it shown that Isaac was mighty in STRENGTH? Look at how many wells he dug! Thus it is stated (in Gen. 26:18-22): THEN ISAAC REDUG < THE WELLS OF WATER >…. AND ISAAC'S SERVANTS DUG…. AND THEY DUG ANOTHER WELL…. THEN HE MOVED FROM THERE AND DUG < ANOTHER WELL >…. Look at the power which he had! Where is it shown about WEALTH? Where it is stated (in Gen. 26:13): AND THE MAN GREW < RICHER AND RICHER >…. It also says (in vs. 14): AND HE POSSESSED FLOCKS < AND HERDS >…. Where is it shown about WISDOM? Where he said to his father (in Gen. 22:7 at the time of his being bound): HERE ARE THE FIRE AND THE WOOD…. [How is it shown] about < LENGTH OF > YEARS? In that he was one hundred and eighty years old < when he died >, while Abraham was < only > one hundred and seventy-five. On account of these five things {through which he had attained merit}, five years more than his father's were added to him. It is therefore stated (in Ps. 90:16): LET YOUR WORK BE WORTHY FOR YOUR SERVANTS…. Anyone who has merit is meritorious in these five things, and anyone who does not have merit is not meritorious and receives five retributions that correspond to them.²⁷See yQid. 1:7 (61a). And who is this anyone? This is Joab, of whom it is stated (in II Sam. 3:29): MAY IT (Abner's blood) FALL UPON THE HEAD OF JOB AND HIS SON;²⁸Masoretic Text: ALL HIS FATHER’S HOUSE. [MAY THE HOUSE OF JOAB NEVER LACK ONE WITH A DISCHARGE, A LEPER, A MALE WHO HANDLES THE SPINDLE, ONE WHO FALLS BY THE SWORD, AND ONE LACKING BREAD]. ONE WITH A DISCHARGE corresponds to STRENGTH. In the case of one who has a discharge, there is no one weaker than he. A LEPER corresponds to BEAUTY. In the case of one who is a leper, even a young < leper >, there is no one more ugly than he. A MALE WHO HANDLES THE SPINDLE corresponds to WEALTH; for he [is one] {like a poor woman is one} who, if not spinning flax, has nothing of which to eat. ONE LACKING BREAD corresponds to WISDOM, as stated (in Prov. 9:5, where Wisdom says): COME AND EAT OF MY BREAD. And ONE WHO FALLS BY THE SWORD corresponds to < LENGTH OF > YEARS. The one who sins is afflicted by them, but the one who is meritorious receives, as did Isaac. David also gave praise (in Ps. 45:17 [16]): INSTEAD OF YOUR PARENTS THERE WILL BE YOUR CHILDREN.

“Isaac said to Abraham his father; he said: My father. He said: Here I am, my son. He said: Here are the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” (Genesis 22:7).
“Isaac said to Abraham his father; he said: My father” – Samael¹⁵This is another name for the Satan. came to our patriarch Abraham. He said to him: ‘Old man, old man – have you lost your heart? Are you going to slaughter the son who was granted to you at the age of one hundred years?’ He [Abraham] said to him: ‘It is with this understanding [that I am going].’ He [Samael] said to him: ‘If He were to test you beyond this, would you be able to withstand it? –“If a matter tries you, will you be overwhelmed?”’ (Job 4:2). He [Abraham] said to him: ‘[I will comply] even if it is beyond this.’ He said to him: ‘Tomorrow He will tell you that you are a shedder of blood because you shed the blood of your son.’ He said: ‘It is with this understanding [that I am going].’ Since [Samael saw that] it was to no avail, he turned to Isaac. He said to him: ‘Son of the despondent woman,¹⁶Imagine how your mother will feel if you are killed. he is going to slaughter you.’ He [Isaac] said to him: ‘It is with this understanding [that I am going].’ He [Samael] said to him: ‘If so, all the finery that your mother crafted [for you] will go as inheritance to Ishmael, the one hated in her household, and you do not take all this to heart?’ If a word does not enter completely, it enters half way.¹⁷This is an expression. When someone utters slander, even if the hearer does not believe his words, he does begin to have his doubts. In this case, although Samael did not convince Isaac, he was able to sow uncertainty in him. That is what is written: “Isaac said to Abraham his father…My father” – why “father, my father,” twice? It was so that he should become filled with mercy for him.
“He said: Here are the fire and the wood” – he said to Him: ‘May He [God] bring trouble upon that man who is the subject of His rebuke.’¹⁸Satan, of whom it is said, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan” (Zechariah 3:2). Abraham was telling Isaac to disregard Samael’s words. In any case, “God will Himself see to the lamb, my son” (Genesis 22:8). [By this he meant:] And if not, [if God will not provide a lamb], you yourself will be the lamb for burnt offering.
“Abraham said: God will Himself see to the lamb for a burnt offering, my son, and the two of them went together” (Genesis 22:8).
“The two of them went together” – this one to bind and the other one to be bound; this one to slaughter and the other one to be slaughtered.