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Ramban on Genesis 22:4/רמב"ן על בראשית כ״ב:ד׳
אוַיַּרְא אֶת הַמָּקוֹם מֵרָחֹק רָאָה עָנָן קָשׁוּר עַל הָהָר (ב"ר נו א), וְנִתְקַיֵּם בָּזֶה "אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ". וְיִתָּכֵן עַל דֶּרֶךְ הַפְּשָׁט "וַיַּרְא אֶת הַמָּקוֹם מֵרָחֹק", שֶׁרָאָה אֶרֶץ הַמּוֹרִיָּה, כִּי כָל הָאָרֶץ הַהִיא הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ:
1AND HE SAW THE PLACE AFAR OFF. He saw a cloud attached to the mountain,382 and through this was fulfilled the Divine assurance, which I will tell thee of.383It is possible, in line with the simple meaning of Scripture, that the verse, And he saw the place afar off, means that he saw the land of Moriah for he knew that entire land [although he did not know the specific mountain].