¹²“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God,^x because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.^y”

¹³Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram^a caught by its horns.^z He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.^a ¹⁴So Abraham called^b that place The Lord^c Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.^d”

¹⁵The angel of the Lord^e called to Abraham from heaven^f a second time ¹⁶and said, “I swear by myself,^g declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,^h ¹⁷I will surely bless youⁱ and make your descendants^j as numerous as the stars in the sky^k and as the sand on the seashore.^l Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,^m ¹⁸and through your offspring^b all nations on earth will be blessed,^cⁿ because you have obeyed me.”^o

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Footnotes

aMany manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind him
bOr seed
cOr and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

Cross references

tSee Ge 16:7
uSee Ge 21:17
v Ge 46:2
wSee ver 1
xSee Ge 18:19; 42:18; Ex 18:21; 1 Sa 15:22; Job 1:1; 37:24; Pr 8:13; Jas 2:21–22
ySee ver 2; Jn 3:16; 1 Jn 4:9
zSee ver 8
aSee Ge 8:20; Ro 8:32
b Ex 17:15; Jdg 6:24
c Isa 30:29
dver 8
eSee Ge 16:7
fSee Ge 21:17
g Ex 13:11; 32:13; 33:1; Isa 45:23; 62:8; Jer 22:5; 44:26; 49:13; 51:14; Am 6:8; Lk 1:73; Heb 6:13
hSee ver 2
iSee Ge 12:2
j Heb 6:14*
kSee Ge 15:5; Ex 32:13; Dt 7:7; 28:62
lSee Ge 12:2; See 26:24; Hos 1:10; Ro 9:27; Heb 11:12
m Ge 24:60; Est 9:2
nSee Ge 12:2, 3; Ac 3:25*; Gal 3:8*
oSee ver 10; Ge 17:2, 9; Ps 105:9