“Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.”
Genesis 22:8
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This promise carried Abraham up Moriah
Years later God told Abraham to offer Isaac on a mountain in Moriah, and Abraham obeyed while holding on to this promise about the boy. At the mountain he told his servants, "The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you" (Genesis 22:5). He said we before he had climbed a step.
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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God himself will provide the lamb — Behold, the Lamb of God
“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”
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