4On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.


In Context

1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.

2 Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."

3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.

4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

5 He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."

6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,

Genesis 22:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:4Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:4And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4On the third day — Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place from afar;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:4Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.