Genesis 22:11–18

11 But the angel of the Lordt called out to him from heaven,u “Abraham! Abraham!”v

“Here I am,”w he replied.

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”

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

15 The angel of the Lorde called to Abraham from heavenf a second time 16 and 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 17 I will surely bless youi and make your descendantsj as numerous as the stars in the skyk and as the sand on the seashore.l Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,m 18 and through your offspringb all nations on earth will be blessed,c n because you have obeyed me.”o

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t	Ge 16:7
u	Ge 21:17
v	Ge 46:2
w	Ge 22:1
x	Ge 18:19 Ge 42:18 Ex 18:21 1 Sa 15:22 Job 1:1 Job 37:24 Pr 8:13 Jas 2:21–22
y	Ge 22:2 Jn 3:16 1 Jn 4:9
a	Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind him
z	Ge 22:8
a	Ge 8:20 Ro 8:32
b	Ex 17:15 Jdg 6:24
c	Is 30:29
d	Ge 22:8
e	Ge 16:7
f	Ge 21:17
g	Ex 13:11 Ex 32:13 Ex 33:1 Is 45:23 Is 62:8 Je 22:5 Je 44:26 Je 49:13 Je 51:14 Am 6:8 Lk 1:73 Heb 6:13
h	Ge 22:2
i	Ge 12:2
j	Heb 6:14
k	Ge 15:5 Ex 32:13 Dt 7:7 Dt 28:62
l	Ge 12:2 Ge 26:24 Ho 1:10 Ro 9:27 Heb 11:12
m	Ge 24:60 Es 9:2
b	Or seed
c	Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
n	Ge 12:2 Ge 12:3 Ac 3:25 Ga 3:8
o	Ge 22:10 Ge 17:2 Ge 17:9 Ps 105:9