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Genesis 22:13
New English Translation
Genesis 22:13
New English Translation
13 Abraham looked up[a] and saw[b] behind him[c] a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he[d] went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
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- Genesis 22:13 tn Heb “lifted his eyes.”
- Genesis 22:13 tn Heb “and saw, and look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to what Abraham saw and invites the audience to view the scene through his eyes.
- Genesis 22:13 tc The translation follows the reading of the MT; a number of Hebrew mss, the LXX, Syriac, and Smr read “one” (אֶחָד, ʾekhad) instead of “behind him” (אַחַר, ʾakhar).
- Genesis 22:13 tn Heb “Abraham”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
Genesis 22:13
New International Version
Genesis 22:13
New International Version
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[a] caught by its horns.(A) He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.(B)
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- Genesis 22:13 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind him
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