Genesis 22:14
in Genesis 22And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Genesis 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Verse 14) And Abraham called the name of that place, The Lord will see: so that they say to this day, In the mount the Lord will be seen. For because he hath seen in this place, in the Hebrew tongue it is said, He shall be seen. And this hath passed into a proverb with the Hebrews, so that when they are in distress and desire the Lord's aid, they say, In the mount the Lord will be seen: that is, as He pitied Abraham, so will He have pity on us.
This site's exposition
The LORD Will Provide
The name means the LORD will see, and Clarke marks it as the same verb Abraham used in his answer at verse 8. The saying that outlived him is passive: it will be provided on the mountain of the LORD. One morning's relief became a proverb. Jerome reports Jews of his own day saying it in distress, that as God had pity on Abraham so He will have pity on them.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
Jehovah - jireh - יהוה יראה Yehovah-yireh, literally interpreted in the margin, The Lord will see; that is, God will take care that every thing shall be done that is necessary for the comfort and support of them who trust in him: hence the words are usually translated, The Lord will provide; so our translators, Gen 22:8, אלהים יראה Elohim yireh, God will provide; because his eye ever affects his heart, and the wants he sees his hand is ever ready to supply.
I believe that the Truth of God contained in the expression, "Jehovah-jireh," was ruling Abraham's thoughts long before he uttered it and appointed it to be the memorial name of the place where the Lord had provided a substitute for Isaac. It was this thought, I think, which enabled him to act as promptly as he did under the trying circumstances. His reason whispered within him, "If you slay your son, how can God keep His promise to you that your seed shall be as many as the stars of Heaven?"
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on Genesis 22:13-19
Abraham lifted up his eyes . . . and behold . . . a ram, &c.--No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Abraham beheld a ram after ( achar ) it had been caught in the thicket by its horns. 21 Scripture reads: achar ne’achaz.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרָ֧א | vaiyikra' | and he called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֛ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| שֵֽׁם־ | shem- | [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הַמָּק֥וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַה֖וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה׀ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יִרְאֶ֑ה | yireh | he will see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יֵאָמֵ֣ר | yeamer | it is said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַיּ֔וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בְּהַ֥ר | behar | on [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יֵרָאֶֽה׃ | yeraeh | it will be seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
וַיִּקְרָ֧אand he called
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
אַבְרָהָ֛םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
שֵֽׁם־[the] name of
shem-H8034 →864 times
הַמָּק֥וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
הַה֖וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
יְהוָ֣ה׀Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יִרְאֶ֑הhe will see
yirehH7200 →1300 times
אֲשֶׁר֙that
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יֵאָמֵ֣רit is said
yeamerH559 →5305 times
הַיּ֔וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
בְּהַ֥רon [the] mountain of
beharH2022 →546 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יֵרָאֶֽה׃it will be seen
yeraehH7200 →1300 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
it leads to
- Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
- Judges 8:32
Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Ezekiel 48:35
The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
- Exodus 17:15
Through
Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
it leads to
- Judges 6:24
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Psalms 60:4
You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
- Judges 6:24
Through
Genesis 22:8Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
it leads to
- John 1:36
When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
- John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- Revelation 5:12
In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
- John 1:36
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1803: “Jehovah-Jireh” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis.