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Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) · 26 of 73 · tr. American Standard Version (1901)

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[22:5] And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you. [22:6] And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together. [22:7] And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? [22:8] And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son: so they went both of them together. [22:9] And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. [22:10] And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. [22:11] And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. [22:12] And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. [22:13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. [22:14] And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided. [22:15] And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven, [22:16] and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, [22:17] that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; [22:18] and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. [22:19] So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. [22:20] And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor: [22:21] Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, [22:22] and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. [22:23] And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. [22:24] And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah. [23:1] And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
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Anthropomorphismtheology

Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

The divine is depicted with human-like agency — the angel calls out by name, God speaks in first person, and Abraham is addressed as one who 'fears God' — employing embodied, relational imagery for the divine.

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Covenanttheology

A binding agreement or relationship between the divine and a people or individual, establishing mutual obligations.

God's oath to Abraham ('By myself have I sworn... in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed... in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed') is a classic covenantal promise establishing a binding divine-human relationship.

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Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The entire narrative centers on God's active provision — 'God will provide himself the lamb' and the ram appearing in the thicket — making divine providence the driving logic of the passage.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The divine is portrayed as a personal, responsive agent who speaks, intervenes at the critical moment, provides a substitute, and actively addresses Abraham by name — a dynamic, present reality rather than an abstract principle.

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Oral Traditionsoteriology

Sacred knowledge transmitted as living speech rather than fixed writing — scripture carried in memory, song, and telling, renewed in each generation; the unwritten canon of a tradition.

The phrase 'as it is said to this day' signals that the name and its meaning were carried forward as a living spoken tradition rather than merely a fixed written record.

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Ritual Firepraxis

Fire as medium of divine presence.

Fire is taken in hand and used as part of the burnt-offering ritual, serving as a medium through which the sacrifice is offered to God.

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Sacred Namestheology

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

The naming of the place 'Jehovah-jireh' and the formula 'In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided' encode theological meaning into a proper name that functions as a lasting declaration of divine character.

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