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But 1the angel of the LORDcalled to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
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He said, "Do not stretch out your handagainst the lad, and donothing* to him; for now2I know that you fearGod, since you have not withheld3your son, your only son, from Me."
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Then Abrahamraised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ramcaught in the thicket by his horns; and Abrahamwent and took the ram and offered him up for a burntoffering in the place of his son.
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Abrahamcalled the name of that place The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the LORD4it will be provided."
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Then the angel of the LORDcalled to Abraham a secondtime from heaven,
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and said, "5By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because* you have donethisthing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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indeed I will greatlybless you, and I will greatly6multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as 7the sandwhich is on the seashore*; and 8your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.
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"9In your seedall the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because* you have 10obeyed My voice."