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Genesis 22:12-18

Genesis 22:12-18 CSB

Then he said, “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”  Abraham looked up and saw a ram  caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. And Abraham named that place The LORD Will Provide,  so today it is said, “It will be provided  on the LORD’s mountain.” Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, “By myself I have sworn,”  this is the LORD’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, I will indeed bless you  and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky  and the sand on the seashore.  Your offspring will possess the city gates of their  enemies.  And all the nations of the earth will be blessed  by your offspring  because you have obeyed my command.”