“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.”
Genesis 22:13
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- Abraham and Isaac: The Promise He Carried Up Moriah (Genesis 22)
Why does provide mean see in Genesis 22?
In Genesis 22 the Hebrew verb behind provide is the plain verb for seeing, the same verb as Hagar's name for God here. Abraham told Isaac that God will see for Himself the lamb (Genesis 22:8), and he named the mountain YHWH yireh, the LORD will see (Genesis 22:14). When God provides, He sees to it ahead of time.
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In Genesis 24:63, as Rebekah came near, Isaac "looked up" and saw, the same Hebrew phrase used here of Abraham on Moriah. Isaac looked up the way his father had, and once again what came into view was God providing for him.
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Ram provided in Isaac's place — God did not spare his own Son
“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?”
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