KJV King James Version
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
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Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
WEB World English Bible
Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.
ASV American Standard Version
And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son: so they went both of them together.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Abraham saith, ‘God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;’ and they go on both of them together.
Surrounding context — Genesis 22
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayאַבְרָהָ֔םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamאֱלֹהִ֞יםH430 · e.lo.himGodיִרְאֶה־H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeלּ֥וֹH9033 · ohimהַשֶּׂ֛הH7716 · sehsheepלְעֹלָ֖הH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringבְּנִ֑יH1121 · benson: childוַיֵּלְכ֥וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentשְׁנֵיהֶ֖םH8147 · she.na.yimtwoיַחְדָּֽו׃H3162 · ya.chadunitedness
Cross-references
John 1:36And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!John 1:29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.Revelation 5:12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.Revelation 13:8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.Genesis 18:14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.Revelation 7:14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.Matthew 19:26But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.1 Peter 1:19-20But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:Revelation 5:6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.2 Chronicles 25:9And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
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