KJV King James Version
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
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Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And 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.”
WEB World English Bible
Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will be provided.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Abraham calleth the name of that place ‘Jehovah-Jireh,’ because it is said this day in the mount, ‘Jehovah doth provide.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 22
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 stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
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וַיִּקְרָ֧אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאַבְרָהָ֛םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamשֵֽׁם־H8034 · shemnameהַמָּק֥וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceהַה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיְהוָ֣ה׀H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDיִרְאֶ֑הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֲשֶׁר֙H834 · a.sherwhichיֵאָמֵ֣רH559 · a.marto sayהַיּ֔וֹםH3117 · yomdayבְּהַ֥רH2022 · harmountain: mountיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDיֵרָאֶֽה׃H7200 · ra.ahto see: see
Cross-references
Genesis 22:13And 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 stead of his son.Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:Judges 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Genesis 22:8And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.Genesis 16:13-14And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?Psalm 22:4-5Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.1 Timothy 3:16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.2 Corinthians 1:8-10For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none shut up, or left.John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.Ezekiel 48:35[It was] round about eighteen thousand [measures]: and the name of the city from [that] day [shall be], The LORD [is] there.Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.Daniel 3:17-25If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thine hand, O king.Micah 4:10Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go [even] to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
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