Genesis 22:14

Abraham called the place “The Lord will Provide.” That's still a saying people use today: “the Lord will provide on his mountain.”

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In The King James Version

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

In Context

13Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in some bushes. He brought the ram over and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

15The angel of the Lord shouted again to Abraham from heaven,

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Cross References

Genesis 22:8“God will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied, and they went on walking up together.

Genesis 28:19He named the place “Bethel,” (previously it was called Luz).

Exodus 17:15Moses built an altar and called it “The Lord is my Banner of Victory.”

Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it “The Lord is Peace.” It's still there today, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

1 Samuel 29:10So get up early tomorrow morning and leave with your men as soon as it's light.”

Psalms 22:4Our forefathers trusted in you; they trusted and you rescued them.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:12-15

Isaac Rescued. ( b. c. 1872.) 11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the… Read the whole commentary →

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