Genesis 22:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.”
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BSBPD
“On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“On the third day--Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place from afar;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 22:4 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 5:3“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
- Exodus 15:22Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
- Exodus 19:11and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
- Exodus 19:15“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
- Leviticus 7:17But any meat of the sacrifice remaining until the third day must be burned up.
- Numbers 10:33So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
- Numbers 19:12He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
- Numbers 19:19The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.
- Numbers 31:19All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.
- Joshua 1:11“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
- 1 Samuel 26:13Then David crossed to the other side and stood atop the mountain at a distance; there was a wide gulf between them.
- 2 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
- Esther 5:1On the third day, Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
- Hosea 6:2After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- Matthew 17:23They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
- Luke 13:32But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’
- 1 Corinthians 15:4that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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