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And behold, an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.
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And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake.
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Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram, amongst the briers, sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son.
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And he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon, even to this day, it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see.
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And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying:
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By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake:
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I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.
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And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.
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Abraham returned to his young men, and they went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there.
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After these things, it was told Abraham, that Melcha also had borne children to Nachor his brother.
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Hus, the firstborn, and Buz, his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians,