Prophecy 3 of 30 · Sacrifice
God will provide the lamb
On Mount Moriah Abraham tells Isaac, "God will provide himself the lamb." A ram is given in Isaac's place.
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Hebrew · Leningrad Codexעִבְרִית
8וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם אֱלֹהִ֞ים יִרְאֶה־לּ֥וֹ הַשֶּׂ֛ה לְעֹלָ֖ה בְּנִ֑י וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם יַחְדָּֽו׃vayyomer avraham elohim yir'e-lo hasse le'ola beni vayyelkhu shenehem yachdav
JPS 1917 · Jewish translation
8And Abraham said: ‘God will aprovide Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son.’ So they went both of them together.
World Messianic Bible
8Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.
Genesis 22:8. Transliteration simplified. Read the whole chapter
Also in this passage: Genesis 22:14
14וַיִּקְרָ֧א אַבְרָהָ֛ם שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא יְהוָ֣ה ׀ יִרְאֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יֵאָמֵ֣ר הַיּ֔וֹם בְּהַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה יֵרָאֶֽה׃
vayyikra avraham shem-hammakom hahu ADONAI yir'e asher ye'amer hayyom behar ADONAI yera'e
14And Abraham called the name of that place Adonai-jireh; as it is said to this day: ‘In the mount where the LORD is seen.’
Genesis 22:14 (Hebrew & JPS 1917)
Fulfilment · New CovenantWMB
John 1:29 The next day, he saw Yeshua coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Romans 8:32 He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
Hebrews 11:17-19 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his only born son, to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,” concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
How rabbinic tradition reads it
The Akedah (binding of Isaac) is central in Jewish prayer: it's read on Rosh Hashanah and the shofar recalls the ram. The merit of Abraham and Isaac is asked for in the liturgy.
Why Messianic Jews read it as Yeshua
The lamb Abraham promised isn't the ram (a ram was caught in the thicket). John the Immerser points to Yeshua: "Behold, the Lamb of God." Moriah is where the Temple later stood (2 Chronicles 3:1).
Look at the text for yourself
Read Genesis 22:8 slowly, in the Hebrew and the JPS translation above. Then ask the question the Ethiopian official asked: "Who is the prophet talking about?"
Sources
- 2 Chronicles 3:1
- Rosh Hashanah Torah reading (Genesis 22)
- Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain), via OpenScriptures. English: JPS 1917; World Messianic Bible (public domain).