Genesis 22:8

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Cross-reference

Genesis 22:13 Historical context

In Genesis 22:13, God provides a ram in the thicket — the immediate, partial answer to Abraham's words. Isaac is spared; the animal dies in his place.

Genesis 22:14 Historical context

In Genesis 22:14, Abraham names the place 'The LORD will provide' — echoing and memorializing his own declaration, as if pointing beyond the ram to something greater.

Genesis 18:14 Historical context

In Genesis 18:14, God's question 'Is anything too hard?' reinforces Abraham's trust in divine provision here.

John 1:29 Typology

In John 1:29, John calls Jesus 'the Lamb of God' — the lamb Abraham trusted God to provide becomes the Son God actually sent as the world's sacrifice.

John 1:36 Typology

In John 1:36, John again names Jesus 'the Lamb of God' — echoing Abraham's trust that God would provide the lamb, now revealed as Jesus.

In 1 Peter 1:19, believers are redeemed by 'precious blood, like that of a lamb without blemish' — the lamb God provides becomes Christ's perfect sacrifice.

In Revelation 5:6, John sees 'a Lamb standing as though it had been slain' — God's promised provision becomes the eternal, resurrected Lamb on the throne.

In Revelation 5:12, heavenly voices cry 'Worthy is the Lamb who was slain' — the lamb Abraham trusted God to provide now receives all creation's worship.

In Revelation 7:14, the redeemed have 'washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb' — God's provided lamb becomes the source of cleansing for his people.

In Revelation 13:8, Christ is 'the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world' — God's plan to provide the lamb existed before Abraham's test.