The LORD Provides the Sacrifice

Just then the angel[fn] of the LORD called out to him from heaven“Abraham, Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied.

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“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said [the angel],“for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.[fn]”

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Then Abraham looked up and saw behind [him] a ram[fn] in a thicket, caught by its horns. So [he] went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14 And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide.[fn] So to this day it is said,“On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

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And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time, 16 saying,“By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and I will multiply your descendants[fn] like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. 18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,[fn] because you have obeyed My voice.”

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Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for vvv Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.

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