Wikipedia's first sentence called it “place in the land of moriah where god told abraham to offer his son isaac as a burnt offering”. Today it says “location in the land of moriah where god”.
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Jehovah-jireh ( Jehovah / YHVH will see), or Yahweh-yireh (as in most modern translations) was the place in the land of Moriah where God told Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering .1Abraham named this place after Jehovah provided a ram to sacrifice in place of Isaac.2Genesis 22:14 The contemporary English Translation of the Greek Septuagint Bible contains, "The Lord hath seen." Some translations render it "the LORD will provide", with "LORD" taking the place of the Tetragrammaton . One Latin version of the Bible rendered the name in Latin as Dominus videt ("The Lord sees").3
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According to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, Jehovah-jireh (or Yahweh-yireh , YHWH will provide), was a place in the land of Moriah .It was the location of the binding of Isaac , where God told Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering .Abraham named the place after the L ORD provided a ram to sacrifice in place of Isaac."And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the L ORD it shall be seen." – Genesis 22:14 ( KJV )
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The location of the binding of Isaac in Genesis In the Book of Genesis , Jehovah -jireh or Yahweh Yireh was a place in the land of Moriah . It was the location of the binding of Isaac , where God told Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering . This event showed Abrahams faith and Isaac's trust in his father.Abraham named the place after God provided a ram to sacrifice in place of Isaac. "And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen." – Genesis 22:14 ( KJV )
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The Sacrifice of Isaac by Paolo Veronese , which simultaneously depicts the angel and the ram at Jehovah-jireh. Location of the binding of Isaac in Genesis In the Book of Genesis , Jehovah-jireh or Yahweh Yireh was the location of the binding of Isaac , where Yahweh told Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering . Abraham named the place after God provided a ram to sacrifice in place of Isaac.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
The Sacrifice of Isaac by Paolo Veronese , which simultaneously depicts the angel and the ram at Jehovah-jireh. Location of the binding of Isaac in Genesis In the Book of Genesis , Jehovah-jireh was the location in the region of Moriah of the binding of Isaac , where Jehovah told Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering . Abraham named the place after God provided a ram to sacrifice in place of Isaac. This name, hence, carries the meaning, "The Lord will provide".
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place in the land of moriah where god told abraham to offer his son isaac as a burnt offering
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location in the land of moriah where god
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