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He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. <a href="/nlt/genesis/22.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. <a href="/esv/genesis/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. <a href="/bsb/genesis/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. <a href="/kjv/genesis/22.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/22.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in the place of his son. <a href="/nasb/genesis/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Abraham raised 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 place of his son. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Abraham raised 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 place of his son. <a href="/lsb/genesis/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there was a ram after it had been caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering in the place of his son. <a href="/amp/genesis/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering (ascending sacrifice) instead of his son. <a href="/csb/genesis/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. <a href="/asv/genesis/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/genesis/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in the bushes. So he took the ram and sacrificed it instead of his son. <a href="/erv/genesis/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/genesis/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When Abraham looked around, he saw a ram behind him caught by its horns in a bush. So Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. <a href="/gnt/genesis/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> Abraham looked around and saw a ram caught in a bush by its horns. He went and got it and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son. <a href="/isv/genesis/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then Abraham looked up and behind him to see a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So Abraham went over, grabbed the ram, and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. <a href="/msb/genesis/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. <a href="/net/genesis/22.htm">NET Bible</a> Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. <a href="/nheb/genesis/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up as a burnt offering instead of his son. <a href="/wbt/genesis/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. <a href="/web/genesis/22.htm">World English Bible</a> Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Abraham lifts up his eyes, and looks, and behold, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goes, and takes the ram, and causes it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son; <a href="/ylt/genesis/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son; <a href="/slt/genesis/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Abraham will lift up his eyes, and will see and behold a ram behind, being held in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham will come and take the ram and bring it for a burnt offering instead of his son.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram amongst the briers sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he saw behind his back a ram among the thorns, caught by the horns, which he took and offered as a holocaust, instead of his son. <a href="/nabre/genesis/22.htm">New American Bible</a> Abraham looked up and saw a single ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold a ram caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Abraham lifted his eyes, and he saw and behold, one ram caught in the branches by his horns, and Abraham went and he took the ram and offered him up as an offering in place of his son.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/genesis/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Abraam lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! a ram caught by his horns in a plant of Sabec; and Abraam went and took the ram, and offered him up for a whole-burnt-offering in the place of Isaac his son. <a href="/parallel/genesis/22-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=4930" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/22.htm">The Sacrifice Averted</a> …12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.” 13<a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: ’aḇ·rā·hām (N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">Then Abraham</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: way·yiś·śā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">looked up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nāw (N-cdc:: 3ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: way·yar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">and saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh- (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥar (Adv) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">behind him</a> <a href="/hebrew/352.htm" title="352: ’a·yil (N-ms) -- From the same as 'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief; also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree.">a ram</a> <a href="/hebrew/5442.htm" title="5442: bas·sə·ḇaḵ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A thicket. From cabak, a copse.">in a thicket,</a> <a href="/hebrew/270.htm" title="270: ne·’ĕ·ḥaz (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To grasp, take hold, take possession. A primitive root; to seize.">caught</a> <a href="/hebrew/7161.htm" title="7161: bə·qar·nāw (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 3ms) -- From qaran; a horn; by implication, a flask, cornet; by resembl. An elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray; figuratively, power.">by its horns.</a> <a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: ’aḇ·rā·hām (N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">So he</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">and took</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/352.htm" title="352: hā·’a·yil (Art:: N-ms) -- From the same as 'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief; also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree.">the ram</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘ă·lê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and offered</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: lə·‘ō·lāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">it as a burnt offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">in place of</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">his son.</a> 14And 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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/11-17.htm">Hebrews 11:17-19</a> By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son, / even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death. <a href="/james/2-21.htm">James 2:21-23</a> Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? / You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did. / And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God. <a href="/romans/8-32.htm">Romans 8:32</a> He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things? <a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a> but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. <a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a> The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ. <a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Matthew 3:17</a> And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!” <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. <a href="/romans/4-3.htm">Romans 4:3</a> For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a> God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a> He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Exodus 12:3-13</a> Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. / If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly. / Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. ... <a href="/leviticus/16-10.htm">Leviticus 16:10</a> But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat. <a href="/1_samuel/2-7.htm">1 Samuel 2:7-8</a> The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. / He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world. <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">2 Chronicles 3:1</a> Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.behind.<a href="/genesis/22-8.htm">Genesis 22:8</a> And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.<a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6-8</a> Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required… <a href="/psalms/89-19.htm">Psalm 89:19,20</a> 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… in the.<a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7,8</a> 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: … <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19,20</a> But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/22-11.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/acts/28-3.htm">Brushwood</a> <a href="/genesis/22-8.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/genesis/22-8.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/revelation/12-5.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/genesis/22-4.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/1_john/3-3.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/genesis/11-3.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/genesis/22-4.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/genesis/22-8.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/genesis/22-4.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/genesis/15-9.htm">Ram</a> <a href="/genesis/21-25.htm">Seized</a> <a href="/genesis/22-8.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/genesis/2-21.htm">Stead</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">Thicket</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/22-14.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/job/30-4.htm">Brushwood</a> <a href="/genesis/38-24.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/exodus/18-12.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/genesis/27-27.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/genesis/23-11.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/genesis/31-25.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/genesis/44-33.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/genesis/24-63.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/genesis/31-54.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/genesis/31-54.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/genesis/33-5.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/exodus/25-5.htm">Ram</a> <a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Seized</a> <a href="/genesis/24-35.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/genesis/30-2.htm">Stead</a> <a href="/job/38-40.htm">Thicket</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 22</div>1. <a href="/genesis/22-1.htm">Abraham is tested with the command to offer Isaac.</a> 3. <a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">He gives proof of his faith and obedience.</a> 11. <a href="/genesis/22-11.htm">The angel prevents him.</a> 13. <a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">Isaac is exchanged for a ram.</a> 14. <a href="/genesis/22-14.htm">The place is called Jehovah-jireh.</a> 15. <a href="/genesis/22-15.htm">Abraham is again blessed.</a> 20. <a href="/genesis/22-20.htm">The generations of Nahor unto Rebekah.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. This moment occurs after God tests Abraham's faith by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac. The ram's appearance signifies divine intervention and provision, a theme consistent throughout Scripture, such as in the provision of manna in the wilderness (Exodus 16). The ram being caught by its horns suggests it was unblemished, suitable for sacrifice, aligning with Levitical laws (<a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3</a>). The thicket may symbolize the entanglements of sin, from which God provides deliverance. This event foreshadows the substitutionary atonement of Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>).So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. Abraham's action demonstrates obedience and faith, trusting God's promise that Isaac would be the heir (<a href="/genesis/21-12.htm">Genesis 21:12</a>). The burnt offering, a complete sacrifice, signifies total dedication to God, as later detailed in <a href="/leviticus/1.htm">Leviticus 1</a>. This substitution prefigures the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who died in our place (<a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm">1 Peter 3:18</a>). The concept of substitutionary atonement is central to Christian theology, emphasizing that Christ's sacrifice fulfills the requirements of justice and mercy. Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac parallels God's willingness to sacrifice His own Son, highlighting the depth of divine love (<a href="/romans/8-32.htm">Romans 8:32</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a> The patriarch of the Israelites, known for his faith and obedience to God. In this passage, he demonstrates his willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac, showing his trust in God's promises. 2. <a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a> Abraham's son, the child of promise through whom God had said He would establish His covenant. Isaac's near-sacrifice is a pivotal moment in the account of faith and obedience. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_ram.htm">The Ram</a> Provided by God as a substitute for Isaac, symbolizing God's provision and foreshadowing the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mount_moriah.htm">Mount Moriah</a> The location where Abraham was instructed to offer Isaac. It is significant in biblical history and is later associated with the site of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_thicket.htm">The Thicket</a> Represents the unexpected provision of God, where the ram was caught, highlighting God's intervention at the moment of need.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_provision.htm">Faith in God's Provision</a> Abraham's experience teaches us to trust in God's provision, even when circumstances seem dire. God sees our needs and provides in His perfect timing. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_sacrifice.htm">Obedience and Sacrifice</a> True faith is demonstrated through obedience, even when it requires personal sacrifice. Abraham's willingness to offer Isaac is a model of complete surrender to God's will. <a href="/topical/s/substitutionary_atonement.htm">Substitutionary Atonement</a> The ram caught in the thicket is a powerful symbol of substitutionary atonement, pointing to Christ's sacrifice on the cross for our sins. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> This event underscores God's sovereignty and His ability to fulfill His promises, even when the path seems uncertain or impossible. <a href="/topical/t/testing_and_growth.htm">Testing and Growth</a> Trials and tests of faith, like Abraham's, are opportunities for spiritual growth and deeper reliance on God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 22</a> <a href="/q/how_is_christ's_suffering_linked_to_redemption.htm">How does Christ's suffering relate to our redemption?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_jesus'_suffering_significant.htm">What is the significance of Jesus' suffering and sacrifice?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'jehovah_jireh'_mean.htm">What does "Jehovah Jireh" mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_gen_22_align_with_deut_12_31.htm">How does Genesis 22 align with later scriptures condemning human sacrifice (e.g., Deuteronomy 12:31)? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) Behind.--By a slight change in the shape of a consonant, many ancient authorities read one ram instead of a ram behind ("him" is not in the Hebrew). This correction is almost certain, as nowhere else is the word translated behind used as an adverb of place. The ram was probably that with four horns, still common in the East.A burnt offering in the stead of his son.--We have here the fact of substitution, and the doctrine of a vicarious sacrifice. The ram took Isaac's place, and by its actual death completed the typical representation of the Saviour's death on Calvary. In The Speaker's Commentary it has been well shown, that there is no difficulty in this representation being composed of two parts, so that what was wanting in Isaac should be supplied by the ram. And while it would have been most painful for Isaac to have actually died by his father's hand, the doctrine of the possibility of a vicarious sacrifice would have been even less clearly taught thereby. He therefore rises again to life from the altar, and the ram dies in his stead, and by the two combined the whole mystery is set forth of God giving His Son to die for mankind, and of life springing from His death. Compare the mystery of the two birds, <a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm" title="Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:">Leviticus 14:4</a>; and the two goats, <a href="/leviticus/16-8.htm" title="And Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.">Leviticus 16:8</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - And Abraham lifted up his eyes (in the direction of the voice), and looked, and behold behind him - either at his back (Furst, Keil, Lange, Murphy), or in the background of the altar, i.e. in front of him (Gesenius, Kalisch). The LXX., Samaritan, Syriac, mistaking אַחַר for אֶחַר, read "one," which adds nothing to the sense or picturesqueness of the composition - a ram - אַיִל; in the component letters of which cabalistic writers find the initial letters of ךאלהִים יִרְאֶהאּלּו, God will provide for himself (Ver. 8; vide Glass, 'Philippians Tract.,' p. 196). In the animal itself the Fathers (Augustine, Tertullian, Origen, Chrysostom, Theodoret, Ambrose) rightly discerned a type of Christ, though it is fanciful to detect a shadow of the Crown of thorns in the words that follow - caught in a thicket by his horns (the sebach being the intertwined branches of trees or brushwood): and Abraham went and took the ram, and (though not directed what to do, yet with a fine spiritual instinct discerning the Divine purpose) offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son - whom be thus received from the dead as in a figure (<a href="/hebrews/11-19.htm">Hebrews 11:19</a>). <a href="/commentaries/genesis/22-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Abraham אַבְרָהָ֜ם (’aḇ·rā·hām) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation lifted up וַיִּשָּׂ֨א (way·yiś·śā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take his eyes עֵינָ֗יו (‘ê·nāw) Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain and saw וַיַּרְא֙ (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see behind [him] אַחַ֕ר (’a·ḥar) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part a ram אַ֔יִל (’a·yil) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_352.htm">Strong's 352: </a> Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree in the thicket, בַּסְּבַ֖ךְ (bas·sə·ḇaḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5442.htm">Strong's 5442: </a> A thicket caught נֶאֱחַ֥ז (ne·’ĕ·ḥaz) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_270.htm">Strong's 270: </a> To grasp, take hold, take possession by its horns. בְּקַרְנָ֑יו (bə·qar·nāw) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7161.htm">Strong's 7161: </a> A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power So [he] אַבְרָהָם֙ (’aḇ·rā·hām) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation went וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk and took וַיִּקַּ֣ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take the ram הָאַ֔יִל (hā·’a·yil) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_352.htm">Strong's 352: </a> Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree and offered וַיַּעֲלֵ֥הוּ (way·ya·‘ă·lê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively it as a burnt offering לְעֹלָ֖ה (lə·‘ō·lāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering in place of תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> The bottom, below, in lieu of his son. בְּנֽוֹ׃ (bə·nōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">OT Law: Genesis 22:13 Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked (Gen. 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