Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

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.

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 got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word. 4 And on the third day, Abraham, lifting up his eyes, saw the place a long way off. 5 Then he said to his young men, Keep here with the ass; and I and the boy will go on and give worship and come back again to you.


Cross References

Exodus 5:3

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.

Exodus 15:22

Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water.

Exodus 19:11

And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.

Leviticus 7:17

But if any of the flesh of the offering is still unused on the third day, it is to be burned with fire.

Numbers 10:33

So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;

Numbers 19:12

On the third day and on the seventh day he is to make himself clean with the water, and so he will be clean: but if he does not do this on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean.

Numbers 19:19

Let the clean person do this to the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he is to make him clean; and after washing his clothing and bathing himself in water, he will be clean in the evening.

Numbers 31:19

You yourselves will have to keep outside the tent-circle for seven days, anyone of you who has put any person to death or come near a dead body; and on the third day and on the seventh day make yourselves and your prisoners clean.

Joshua 1:11

Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

1 Samuel 26:13

Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;

2 Kings 20:5

Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, The Lord, the God of David your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping; see, I will make you well: on the third day you will go up to the house of the Lord.

Esther 5:1

Now on the third day, Esther put on her queen's robes, and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house: and the king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.

Hosea 6:2

After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.

Matthew 17:23

And they will put him to death, and the third day he will come again from the dead. And they were very sad.

Luke 13:32

And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.

1 Corinthians 15:4

And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;

Jump To Previous

Jump To Next

Word Concordance

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain