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Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the LORD will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
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And Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, so today it is said: "It will be provided on the Lord's mountain."
Genesis 22:14 In-Context
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“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
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Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
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So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
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The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time
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and said, “I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,