Genesis 22:11–18

¹¹But ^athe angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

¹²He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now ^aI know that you ¹fear God, since you have not withheld ^byour son, your only son, from Me.”

¹³Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

¹⁴Abraham called the name of that place ¹The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the Lord ^ait will ²be provided.”

¹⁵Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

¹⁶and said, “^aBy Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

¹⁷indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly ^amultiply your ¹seed as the stars of the heavens and as ^bthe sand which is on the seashore; and ^cyour seed shall possess the gate of ²their enemies.

¹⁸“^aIn your ¹seed all the nations of the earth shall ²be blessed, because you have ^bobeyed My voice.”