Genesis 22:4 - Exposition

Then on the third day —Jerusalem, being distant from Beersheba about twenty and a half hours' journey according to Robinson, could easily; be within sight on the third day— Abraham lifted up his eyes ,—not implying that the object of vision was above him (cf. Genesis 13:10 )— and saw the place (which Calvin conjectures he had previously beheld in vision) afar off . Though Mount Moriah cannot be seen by the traveler from Beersheba till within a distance of three miles, the place or region where it is can be detected (Kalisch).