“And 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.””
Genesis 22:14
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Why did God test Abraham?
God tested Abraham to know him, to see in action how far Abraham trusted and honoured Him. At the top Abraham built the altar, bound his son and took the knife. A voice from heaven said his name twice. For the third time in the chapter Abraham answered, "Here I am" (Genesis 22:11). Then came the sentence that explains the test: "now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me" (Genesis 22:12).
Read the whole studyWhy 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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