jehovah-jireh Summary and Overview

Jehovah will see; i.e., will provide, the name given by Abraham to the scene of his offering up the ram which was caught in the thicket on Mount Moriah. The expression used in Gen. 22:14, "in the mount of the Lord it shall be seen," has been regarded as equivalent to the saying, "Man's extremity is God's opportunity."

(Jehovah will see or provide), the name given by Abraham to the place on which he had been commanded to offer Isaac, to commemorate the interposition of the angel of Jehovah, who appeared to prevent the sacrifice, #Ge 22:14| and provided another victim.

JEHO'VAH-JI'REH (Jehovah will see, or provide), the name given by Abraham to the place on which he had been commanded to offer Isaac, Gen 22:14, and probably the same as Mount Moriah, in Jerusalem.