Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

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

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 early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said to his young men, Abide ye here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go yonder, and we will worship, and come again to you.


Cross References

Exodus 5:3

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to LORD our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Exodus 15:22

And Moses led Israel onward 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 LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Come not near a woman.

Leviticus 7:17

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

Numbers 10:33

And they set forward from the mount of LORD three days' journey. And the ark of the covenant of LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.

Numbers 19:12

The same shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean, but if he does not purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

Numbers 19:19

And the clean man shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day. And on the seventh day he shall purify him. And he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.

Numbers 31:19

And encamp ye outside the camp seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.

Joshua 1:11

Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare food for you, for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan to go in to possess the land, which LORD your God gives you to possess it.

1 Samuel 26:13

Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off, a great space being between them.

2 Kings 20:5

Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus says 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 shall go up to the house of 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, opposite the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, opposite the entran

Hosea 6:2

After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

Matthew 17:23

and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up. And they were exceedingly sorry.

Luke 13:32

And he said to them, Having gone, say to this fox, Behold, I cast out demons and finish cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am fully perfected.

1 Corinthians 15:4

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

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