Genesis 22 · Verse 8

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 22:8, King James Version

Genesis 22:8 in other translations

BSBAbraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
WEBAbraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.
ASVAnd Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son: so they went both of them together.
YLTand Abraham saith, ‘God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;' and they go on both of them together.
DARBYAnd Abraham said, My son,God will provide himself with the sheep for a burnt-offering. And they went both of them together.
BBEAnd Abraham said, God himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on together.
WebsterAnd Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering: so they went both of them together.

What does Genesis 22:8 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 My son, God will provide himself a lamb - Here we find the same obedient unshaken faith for which this pattern of practical piety was ever remarkable. But we must not suppose that this was the language merely of faith and obedience; the patriarch spoke prophetically, and referred to that Lamb of God which He had provided for himself, who in the fullness of time should take away the sin of the world, and of whom Isaac was a most expressive type. All the other lambs which had been offered from the foundation of the world had been such as Men chose and Men offered; but This was the Lamb which God had provided - emphatically, The Lamb Of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 22:3-10

Never was any gold tried in so hot a fire. Who but Abraham would not have argued with God? Such would have been the thought of a weak heart; but Abraham knew that he had to do with a God, even Jehovah. Faith had taught him not to argue, but to obey. He is sure that what God commands is good; that what he promises cannot be broken. In matters of God, whoever consults with flesh and blood, will never offer up his…

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Genesis 22:8 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.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
אֱלֹהִ֞ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
יִרְאֶה\־yir.'eh-he will seeH7200
לּ֥וֹlofor <the> himself
הַשֶּׂ֛הha.Sehthe sheepH7716
לְעֹלָ֖הle.'o.Lahfor a burnt offeringH5930
בְּנִ֑יbe.NiO son myH1121
וַיֵּלְכ֥וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980
שְׁנֵיהֶ֖םshe.nei.Hem[the] two of themH8147
יַחְדָּֽו\׃yach.DavtogetherH3162

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

Cross references for Genesis 22:8

  • John 1:36

    And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

  • John 1:29

    The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

  • Revelation 5:12

    Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

  • Revelation 13:8

    And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

  • Genesis 18:14

    Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • Revelation 7:14

    And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

  • Matthew 19:26

    But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

  • 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,

  • Revelation 5:6

    And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:9

    And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18:14; 2Ch 25:9; Mt 19:26; Joh 1:29,36; 1Pe 1:19,20; Re 5:6,12
Re 7:14; 13:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 22:7

    And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

  • 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 22:9

    And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

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Genesis 22:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y respondió Abraham: Dios se proveerá de cordero para el holocausto, hijo mío. E iban juntos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Abraham dit: Mon fils, Dieu se pourvoira de l’agneau pour l’holocauste. Et ils allaient les deux ensemble.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Abraham sprach: Gott wird sich ersehen das Schaf zum Brandopfer, mein Sohn. Und sie gingen beide miteinander.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixit autem Abraham: Deus providebit sibi victimam holocausti, fili mi. Pergebant ergo pariter.