The Lord Will Provide (Jehovah Jireh)
Genesis 22:8-14 · Berean Standard Bible
Genesis 22:8-14 is where the name 'Jehovah Jireh — The Lord Will Provide' comes from. As Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac in obedience, he tells his son, 'God himself will provide the lamb,' and at the last moment God provides a ram caught in the thicket. Abraham names the place 'The Lord Will Provide,' making this the definitive story of God supplying exactly what is needed at the right moment.
8Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
9When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
10Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
11Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
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.”
13Then 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.
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.”
Read the wider context: Genesis 22.
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