Genesis 22:14

After that Abraham named that hill “God Is A Giver”. Therefore right up till now they say, “On God's hill God will give to us.”

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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, he saw a ram close by, its horns were stuck in a tree, it could not pull itself out. He got that animal, he killed it for God. He did not kill his own child, he kept him alive in accordance with God's word.

15Again God called to Abraham from the sky.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:8Abraham said to him, “God himself will give us a sheep to burn.” After that they were going.

Genesis 28:19He named that camp Bethel. That name says, 'God's House'. (Close to that camp there was a town, earlier they named it Luz.)

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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