Genesis 22:9-19

New King James Version

⁹ Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and ^(A)laid him on the altar, upon the wood. ¹⁰ And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

¹¹ But the ^(B)Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”

So he said, “Here I am.”

¹² And He said, ^(C)“Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for ^(D)now I know that you fear God, since you have not ^(E)withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

¹³ Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. ¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of the place, ^[a]The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

¹⁵ Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, ¹⁶ and said: ^(F)“By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— ¹⁷ blessing I will ^(G)bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants ^(H)as the stars of the heaven ^(I)and as the sand which is on the seashore; and ^(J)your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. ^18 (K)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, ^(L)because you have obeyed My voice.” ¹⁹ So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to ^(M)Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.