Genesis 22 · Verse 13

Genesis 22:13

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.
Genesis 22:13, King James Version

Genesis 22:13 in other translations

BSBThen 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.
WEBAbraham 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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;
DARBYAnd Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt-offering instead of his son.
BBEAnd lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Genesis 22:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 22:13-19
13-19. Abraham lifted up his eyes ... and behold ... a ram, &c.--No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 22:11-14

It was not God's intention that Isaac should actually be sacrificed, yet nobler blood than that of animals, in due time, was to be shed for sin, even the blood of the only begotten Son of God. But in the mean while God would not in any case have human sacrifices used, another sacrifice is provided. Reference must be had to the promised Messiah, the blessed Seed. Christ was sacrificed in our stead, as this ram…

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Genesis 22:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשָּׂ֨אvai.yi.Sa'and he lifted upH5375
אַבְרָהָ֜ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֵינָ֗יו'ei.Naveyes hisH5869
וַיַּרְא֙vai.yaR'and he sawH7200
וְהִנֵּה\־ve.hi.neh-and there!H2009
אַ֔יִל'A.yila ramH352
אַחַ֕ר'a.CharbehindH310
נֶאֱחַ֥זne.'e.Chazit was caughtH270
בַּסְּבַ֖ךְba.se.Vakhin the thicketH5442
בְּקַרְנָ֑יוbe.kar.Navby horns itsH7161
וַיֵּ֤לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
אַבְרָהָם֙'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
וַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאַ֔יִלha.'A.yilthe ramH352
וַיַּעֲלֵ֥הוּvai.ya.'a.Le.huand he offered up itH5927
לְעֹלָ֖הle.'o.Lahto a burnt offeringH5930
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatin place ofH8478
בְּנֽוֹ\׃be.Noson hisH1121

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 22:13

  • 1 Corinthians 10:13

    There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

  • Psalms 40:6-8

    Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:9-10

    But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  • 1 Peter 1:19-20

    But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

  • Genesis 22:8

    And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

  • Psalms 89:19-20

    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. I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

  • Isaiah 30:21

    And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

    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: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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8; Ps 40:6-8; 89:19,20; Isa 30:21; 1Co 10:13; 2Co 1:9,10
in the.
1Co 5:7,8; 1Pe 1:19,20

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Context

  • Genesis 22:12

    And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

  • Genesis 22:13

    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.

  • Genesis 22:14

    And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

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Genesis 22:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces alzó Abraham sus ojos, y miró, y he aquí un carnero á sus espaldas trabado en un zarzal por sus cuernos: y fué Abraham, y tomó el carnero, y ofrecióle en holocausto en lugar de su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Abraham leva ses yeux, et vit, et voici, il y avait derrière lui un bélier retenu à un buisson par les cornes; et Abraham alla et prit le bélier, et l’offrit en holocauste à la place de son fils.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Abraham erhob seine Augen und sah, und siehe, da war ein Widder dahinten im Dickicht festgehalten durch seine Hörner; und Abraham ging hin und nahm den Widder und opferte ihn als Brandopfer an seines Sohnes Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Levavit Abraham oculos suos, viditque post tergum arietem inter vepres hærentem cornibus, quem assumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio.