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11 But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I."
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But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
12 He said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
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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.”
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his 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.
14 So Abraham called the name of that place, "The LORD will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided."
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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.”
15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven
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The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time
16 and said, "By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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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,
17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,
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I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
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and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
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