Genesis 22 · Verse 14

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.
Genesis 22:14, King James Version

Genesis 22:14 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.”
WEBAbraham called the name of that place “The LORD Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On the LORD’s mountain, it will be provided.”
ASVAnd Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
YLTand Abraham calleth the name of that place ‘Jehovah-Jireh,' because it is said this day in the mount, ‘Jehovah doth provide.'
DARBYAnd Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh; as it is said at the present day, On the mount of Jehovah will be provided.
BBEAnd Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.
WebsterAnd Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it will be seen.

What does Genesis 22:14 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).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Jehovah - jireh - יהוה יראה Yehovah-yireh, literally interpreted in the margin, The Lord will see; that is, God will take care that every thing shall be done that is necessary for the comfort and support of them who trust in him: hence the words are usually translated, The Lord will provide; so our translators, Gen 22:8, אלהים יראה Elohim yireh, God will provide; because his eye ever affects his heart, and the wants he sees his hand is ever ready to supply. But all this seems to have been done under a Divine Impulse, and the words to have been spoken prophetically; hence Houbigant and some others render the words thus: Dominus videbitur, the Lord shall be seen; and this translation the following clause seems to require, As it is said to this day, בהר יהוה יראה behar Yehovah yeraeh, On This Mount The Lord Shall Be Seen. From this it appears that the sacrifice offered by Abraham was understood to be a representative one, and a tradition was kept up that Jehovah should be seen in a sacrificial way on this mount. And this renders the opinion stated on Gen 22:1 more than probable, viz., that Abraham offered Isaac on that very mountain on which, in the fullness of time, Jesus suffered. See Bishop Warburton.

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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 22:14 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.

וַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
אַבְרָהָ֛ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
שֵֽׁם\־shem-[the] name ofH8034
הַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
הַה֖וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
יְהוָ֣ה\׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068
יִרְאֶ֑הyir.'Ehhe will seeH7200
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherthatH834
יֵאָמֵ֣רye.'a.Merit is saidH559
הַיּ֔וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
בְּהַ֥רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
יֵרָאֶֽה\׃ye.ra.'Ehit will be seenH7200

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

Cross references for Genesis 22:14

  • 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.

  • Exodus 17:15

    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH–nissi:

  • Judges 6:24

    Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.

  • 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.

  • Genesis 16:13-14

    And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

  • Psalms 22:4-5

    Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

  • 1 Samuel 7:12

    Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben–ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

  • 1 Timothy 3:16

    And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:8-10

    For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 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;

  • John 1:14

    And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

  • Genesis 28:19

    And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

  • Deuteronomy 32:36

    For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
called.
16:13,14; 28:19; 32:30; Ex 17:15; Jud 6:24; 1Sa 7:12; Eze 48:35
Jehovah-jireh. i.e., The Lord will see, or provide.
8,13; Ex 17:15
In.
De 32:36; Ps 22:4,5; Da 3:17-25; Mic 4:10; Joh 1:14; 2Co 1:8-10
1Ti 3:16
it shall be seen."In the mount of the Lord it shall be provided." The meaning is, that God, in the greatest difficulties, when all human assistance is vain, will make a suitable provision for the deliverance of those who trust in Him.

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Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 22:15

    And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

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Genesis 22:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y llamó Abraham el nombre de aquel lugar, Jehová proveerá. Por tanto se dice hoy: En el monte de Jehová será provisto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Abraham appela le nom de ce lieu-là: Jéhovah-Jiré, comme on dit aujourd’hui: En la montagne de l’ Éternel il y sera pourvu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Abraham gab diesem Orte den Namen: Jehova wird ersehen; daher heutigen Tages gesagt wird: Auf dem Berge Jehovas wird ersehen werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Appellavitque nomen loci illius, Dominus videt. Unde usque hodie dicitur: In monte Dominus videbit.