Parallel Verses

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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 ass and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son, and cut the wood for the burnt offering and rose up and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder and worship and come again to you.

Cross References

Exodus 5:3

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has found us; therefore we shall go three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice unto the LORD our God lest he encounter us with pestilence or with the sword.

Exodus 15:22

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

Exodus 19:11

and be ready for the third day; for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:15

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day; come not at your women.

Leviticus 7:17

but that which is left of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.

Numbers 10:33

Thus they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, searching out a resting place for them.

Numbers 19:12

They shall remove the sin from themselves with that water on the third day, and on the seventh day they shall be clean; but if they do not remove the sin from themselves the third day, then the seventh day they shall not be clean.

Numbers 19:19

And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and when he has removed the sin from them the seventh day, he shall then wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and shall be clean in the evening.

Numbers 31:19

And ye must abide outside the camp seven days; and whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any dead body ye shall remove the sin from them on the third and on the seventh day, both of yourselves and of your captives.

Joshua 1:11

Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, Prepare food; for within three days ye shall pass this Jordan, to enter in to inherit the land, which the LORD your God gives you to inherit.

1 Samuel 26:13

Then David went over to the other side and stood out of the way on the top of the mountain, a great space being between them;

2 Kings 20:5

Turn again and tell Hezekiah, prince of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David, thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

Esther 5:1

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house; and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

Hosea 6:2

After two days he shall give us life: in the third day he will resurrect us, and we shall live in his sight.

Matthew 17:23

and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

Luke 13:32

And he said unto them, Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

1 Corinthians 15:4

and that he was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures

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