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Genesis 22:4

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

KJV

Die autem tertio, elevatis oculis, vidit locum procul :

Vulgate

τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ. καὶ ἀναβλέψας Ἀβραὰμ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἴδεν τὸν τόπον μακρόθεν·

LXX

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

ASV

בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁ֗י וַ/יִּשָּׂ֨א אַבְרָהָ֧ם אֶת עֵינָ֛י/ו וַ/יַּ֥רְא אֶת הַ/מָּק֖וֹם מֵ/רָחֹֽק

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Abraham

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
רָח֑וֹק
rchvq
adjective · 84×
שְּׁלִישִׁ֔י
shlyshy
noun · 108×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:4 — And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
  • Hos 6:2 — After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
  • Luke 13:32 — And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
  • Matt 17:23 — And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.