Abraham said, “God will [a]provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.
Genesis 22:8 (NASB)
[a] Lit: see
Most translations say “God will provide” when Abraham answers Isaac regarding the sacrifice.
But in fact, the Hebrew word is יִרְאֶה־ (yireh), which means “to see.” Interestingly, this can also be used to mean “to reveal,” as in “to make seen.” This is an important word.
If you go back to Genesis 1, the text repeats the phrase “God SAW that it was good.” It’s this same word. The first instance is LIGHT.
Perhaps the correct understanding is not that God saw it for the first time, but that God REVEALED to us what was good. It’s a lesson.
When we get back to Genesis 22, the phrase isn’t merely “God will provide” or “God will see” the lamb, but that God will REVEAL the lamb to us.
This is followed by “and the two of them walked on together.”