Genesis 22:13-18 ▼

13 And Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

14 Abraham called the name of that place Elohim Yireh. As it is said to this day, |On the mountain, God will provide.|

15 The angel of God called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,

16 and said, |I have sworn by myself, |says the LORD, |because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, from me,

17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the sky, and like the sand which is on the seashore; and your offspring will possess the gate of their enemies.

18 And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.|