Genesis 22:13
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.
KJV
Levavit Abraham oculos suos, viditque post tergum arietem inter vepres hærentem cornibus, quem assumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀναβλέψας Ἀβραὰμ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ ἴδεν, καὶ ἰδοὺ κριὸς εἷς κατεχόμενος ἐν φυτῷ σαβὲκ τῶν κεράτων. καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν κριόν, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν αὐτὸν εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἀντὶ Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in the 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.
ASV
וַ/יִּשָּׂ֨א אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת עֵינָ֗י/ו וַ/יַּרְא֙ וְ/הִנֵּה אַ֔יִל אַחַ֕ר נֶאֱחַ֥ז בַּ/סְּבַ֖ךְ בְּ/קַרְנָ֑י/ו וַ/יֵּ֤לֶךְ אַבְרָהָם֙ וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח אֶת הָ/אַ֔יִל וַ/יַּעֲלֵ֥/הוּ לְ/עֹלָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת בְּנֽ/וֹ
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§1819Christian hope takes up and fulfills the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice.86 "Hoping against hope, he believed, and thus became the father of many nations."87
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham. This is the most severe trial of faith recorded in Scripture. Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his only son — the son of promise, in whom all the promises of God were concentrated. His obedience was not blind or irrational, but rested on the persuasion that God could raise Isaac from the dead. The ram provide…
Containing a general view of the subjects treated in Holy Scripture Chapter 1.— The Interpretation of Scripture Depends on the Discovery and Enunciation of the Meaning, and is to Be Undertaken in Dependence on God's Aid. 1. There are two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascertaining the proper meaning, and the mode of making known the meaning…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 5:7 — Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
- 1Cor 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to esca
- 1Pet 1:19 — But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
- 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
- 2Kgs 3:27 — Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and r
- Gen 22:8 — And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
- Gen 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.
- Heb 11:19 — Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
- Isa 30:21 — And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
- Lev 1:3 — If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
- Num 23:3 — And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
- Ps 40:6 — Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
- Ps 89:19 — Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.