Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he saw the place at a distance.

New American Standard Bible

On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.

King James Version

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Holman Bible

On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

International Standard Version

On the third day he looked ahead and saw the place from a distance.

A Conservative Version

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

American Standard Version

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Amplified

On the third day [of travel] Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

Bible in Basic English

And on the third day, Abraham, lifting up his eyes, saw the place a long way off.

Darby Translation

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.

Julia Smith Translation

In the third day, Abraham will lift up his eyes and will see the place from far

King James 2000

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Modern King James verseion

Then on the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The third day Abraham lift up his eyes and saw the place afar off,

NET Bible

On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance.

New Heart English Bible

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

The Emphasized Bible

It was, on the third day, that Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Webster

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

World English Bible

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

Youngs Literal Translation

On the third day -- Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place from afar;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Then on the third
שׁלישׁי 
Sh@liyshiy 
Usage: 108

day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

H85
אברהם 
'Abraham 
Usage: 175

lifted up
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

and saw
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the place
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

Context Readings

God Tests Abraham

3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. And he took two of his servants with him, and Isaac his son. And he chopped wood for a burnt offering. And he got up and went to the place which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he saw the place at a distance. 5 And Abraham said to his servants, "You stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go up there. We will worship, then we will return to you."


Cross References

Exodus 5:3

And they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go [on] a three-day journey into the desert, and let us sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest he strike us with plague or with sword."

Exodus 15:22

And Moses caused Israel to set out from the {Red Sea}, and they went out into the desert of Shur, and they traveled three days in the desert, and they did not find water.

Exodus 19:11

and they must be prepared for the third day, because on the third day, Yahweh will go down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people.

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, "Be ready {for the third day}. Do not go near to a woman."

Leviticus 7:17

but the remainder from the sacrifice's meat must be burned up in the fire on the third day.

Numbers 10:33

And so they set out from the mountain of Yahweh a journey of three days, with the ark of the covenant of Yahweh setting out ahead of them three days' journey to search out a resting place for them;

Numbers 19:12

He will purify himself on the third day, and on the seventh day he will be clean. If he does not purify himself on the third day, he will not be clean on the seventh day.

Numbers 19:19

The clean [person] will spatter the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he will purify him, and he will wash his garments; he will bathe in the waters, and in the evening he will be clean.

Numbers 31:19

And you, camp outside the camp seven days; all who killed a person and all who touched the slain purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

Joshua 1:11

"Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people: 'Prepare your provisions; {in} three days you [are to] cross the Jordan to go possess the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you to possess.'"

1 Samuel 26:13

Then David went to the other side and stood on the top of the hill at a distance; the distance [was] great between them.

2 Kings 20:5

"Return; you must say to Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'Thus says Yahweh the God of David your ancestor, "I have heard your prayer and I have seen your tears. Look, I [am about to] heal you. On the third day you shall go up [to] the temple of Yahweh.

Esther 5:1

And it happened, on the third day, and Esther put on royal clothes, and she stood in the inner courtyard of the {king's palace}, opposite the {king's palace}; the king [was] sitting on his royal throne in the {throne room} opposite the doorway of the palace.

Hosea 6:2

He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live in his presence.

Matthew 17:23

and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised." And they were extremely distressed.

Luke 13:32

And he said to them, "Go [and] tell that fox, 'Behold, I am expelling demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third [day] I will complete [my work].'

1 Corinthians 15:4

and that he was buried, and that he was raised up on the third day according to the scriptures,

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