Genesis 22:8 double meaning or not?

[mschrank]

I’m studying Genesis right now so I have another question. In my Ignatius RSV bible, 22:8 reads:

“God will provide Himself the lamb for a sacrifice”

other versions read:

“God will provide for Himself the lamb for a sacrifice”

Notice the huge difference a “for” makes. I do not think Abraham meant that God will be sacrificing himself- that would not make sense to an OT reader. However, I was wondering if there could be an inspired double meaning?

Does the original Hebrew read “for” or not? Is this just bad translation mixed with eisgesis or am I on to something here?

 

[Leopard]

The story is full of double imagery. Isaac and Jesus both carried the wood upon their backs. The ram’s and Jesus’ heads were both encircled with thorns. John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God. To early Jewish Christians intimately familiar with the Torah, Christ’s crucifixion might seem almost alegorical.

 

[Verbum]

Hi mschrank,

It should read “God Himself …”

cf. French from La Bible de Jérusalem ;

C’est Dieu qui pourvoira à l’agneau pour l’holocauste"

(It is God who will provide the lamb for the sacrifice).

Verbum