Genesis 22:14

and Abraham calls the name of that place “YHWH-Jireh,” because it is said this day in the mountain, “YHWH provides.”

Literal Standard Version

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

13And Abraham lifts up his eyes, and looks, and behold, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goes, and takes the ram, and causes it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son;

15And the Messenger of YHWH calls to Abraham a second time from the heavens,

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Cross References

Genesis 22:8And Abraham says, “God provides for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son”; and they go on both of them together.

Genesis 28:19and he calls the name of that place Bethel, [house of God,] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first.

Exodus 17:15and Moses builds an altar, and calls its name YHWH-Nissi,

Judges 6:24And Gideon builds an altar to YHWH there, and calls it YHWH-Shalom, it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites to this day.

1 Samuel 29:10and now, rise early in the morning—and the servants of your lord who have come with you. When you have risen early in the morning, and have light, then go.”

Psalms 22:4In You our fathers trusted; They trusted, and You deliver 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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