Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 22:4
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On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
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Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
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On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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Genesis 22
2 “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
5 “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
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