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Genesis 22:14
And 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.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Abraham names the place immediately after taking the ram from the thicket (v.13), before the angel speaks a second time (v.15). No one addresses him; he acts alone in naming.
The words — יִרְאֶה (yir'eh), the imperfect of רָאָה (H7200), literally "he will see." The BSB's "will provide" is an interpretive gloss; the Hebrew name is "Yahweh Yir'eh," "The LORD Will See."
The thread — The same pattern appears when Moses names an altar "Jehovah Nissi" (Exodus 17:15) and Gideon names his "Jehovah Shalom" (Judges 6:24): a theophanic event produces a place-name that encodes what God did.
Why it lands — The verse asks a reader to notice that provision is grounded in seeing: God's act of providing is rooted in his act of watching, not the reverse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Genesis 22:13 Then 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.
- Exodus 17:15 And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
- Judges 6:24 So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Genesis 22:8 Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
- Genesis 16:13 So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
- Psalms 22:4 In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
- 1 Samuel 7:12 Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- 1 Timothy 3:16 By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
- Genesis 28:19 and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.