Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a 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.
Cross-references
In Genesis 22:8, Abraham declares 'God Himself will provide the lamb' — here that faith is fulfilled as the ram appears in place of Isaac.
Genesis 22:14 is Abraham's response to the ram's appearance — he names the place 'The LORD Will Provide,' commemorating God's provision at the very moment he found the substitute.
In 1 Corinthians 5:7, Christ is the Passover lamb sacrificed for us. The ram God provided in Isaac's place is a type of Christ dying in ours.
In 1 Peter 1:19, Christ's blood is like a lamb 'without blemish.' The unblemished ram foreshadows Christ's perfect, spotless sacrifice in our place.
Hebrews 11:19 reveals Abraham believed God could raise Isaac from the dead — interpreting why he proceeded to sacrifice, adding depth to the ram's substitutionary rescue.
In 2 Kings 3:27, the king of Moab sacrifices his son — a horrific act contrasting sharply with God providing a ram substitute to spare Isaac.
Exodus 29:18 describes burning a ram entirely on the altar as a pleasing aroma — the ram's burnt offering mirrors Abraham's burnt offering of the substitute ram.
Leviticus 1:3 gives instructions for burnt offerings without blemish — the ram Abraham sacrificed was an unblemished substitute, fitting this offering type.
In 1 Corinthians 10:13, God provides 'the way of escape' during testing — echoing how God provided the ram as deliverance within Abraham's severe test.