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Genesis 22:8
New English Translation
Genesis 22:8
New English Translation
8 “God will provide[a] for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together.
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- Genesis 22:8 tn Heb “will see for himself.” The construction means “to look out for; to see to it; to provide.”sn God will provide is the central theme of the passage and the turning point in the story. Note Paul’s allusion to the story in Rom 8:32 (“how shall he not freely give us all things?”) as well as H. J. Schoeps, “The Sacrifice of Isaac in Paul’s Theology,” JBL 65 (1946): 385-92.
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