Genesis 22:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he went and took the ram, and he offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשָּׂ֨א אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּרְא֙ וְהִנֵּה־אַ֔יִל אַחַ֕ר נֶאֱחַ֥ז בַּסְּבַ֖ךְ בְּקַרְנָ֑יו וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אַבְרָהָם֙ וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־הָאַ֔יִל וַיַּעֲלֵ֥הוּ לְעֹלָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת בְּנֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-yiśśāʾ ʾabrāhām ʾet-ʿênāyw wə-yarʾ and-hinnēh-ʾayil ʾaḥar neʾĕḥaz in-the-səbak in-qarnāyw wə-yēlek ʾabrāhām wə-yiqqaḥ ʾet-the-ʾayil wə-yaʿălēhû for-ʿōlāh taḥat bənô

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiśśāʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he lifted up
• *ʿênāyw*: feminine dual noun + 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his eyes
• *wə-yarʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
• *hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
• *ʾayil*: masculine singular noun - ram
• *ʾaḥar*: preposition/adverb - behind/after
• *neʾĕḥaz*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - caught/entangled
• *səbak*: masculine singular noun with definite article + preposition - in the thicket
• *qarnāyw*: feminine dual noun + 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix + preposition - in his horns
• *wə-yēlek*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went
• *wə-yiqqaḥ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took
• *wə-yaʿălēhû*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular object suffix - and he offered it up
• *taḥat*: preposition - instead of

Word Meanings

• *ʾayil*: ram/male sheep
• *ʾaḥar*: behind/afterward/after
• *neʾĕḥaz*: caught/entangled/held fast
• *səbak*: thicket/tangled branches
• *yaʿălēhû*: offered it up/sacrificed it/caused it to ascend

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  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 it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind [him] a ram caught in the 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Abraham lyfted vp his eyes and loked aboute: and beholde there was a ram caught by the hornes in a thykette. And he went and toke the ram and offred him vp for a sacrifyce in the steade of his so

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then Abraham lift vp his eyes, and sawe behynde him a ramme, holde fast by the hornes in the breres, and wente, and toke the ramme, and offred him for a brent sacrifice, in steade of his sonne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Abraham lifting vp his eyes, looked: and behold, there was a ramme behind him caught by the hornes in a bush. then Abraham went and tooke the ramme, and offered him vp for a burnt offering in the steade of his sonne.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Abraham lifting vp his eyes, looked: and beholde, behynde hym there was a Ramme caught by the hornes in a thicket: and Abraham went & tooke the Ramme, and offered hym vp for a burnt offering in the steade of his sonne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind `him' a ram caught in the 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind [him] a ram caught in the 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 22:8 : 8 Abraham answered, 'God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.' And the two of them walked on together.
• Ps 40:6-8 : 6 You, LORD my God, have done many wonderful works, and Your plans are beyond comparison. If I tried to declare and speak of them, they are too numerous to count. 7 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared my ears to listen; burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. 8 Then I said, 'Here I am; I have come. In the scroll of the book it is written about me.'
• Ps 89:19-20 : 19 Indeed, the LORD is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel is our King. 20 You spoke in a vision to your faithful ones and said, 'I have granted help to a mighty one; I have exalted a chosen one from among the people.'
• Isa 30:21 : 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'
• 1 Cor 5:7-8 : 7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
• 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But with the temptation, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
• 2 Cor 1:9-9 : 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us again. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us,
• 1 Pet 1:19-20 : 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.