11 But the angel of the Lord(A) called out to him from heaven,(B) “Abraham! Abraham!”(C)

“Here I am,”(D) he replied.

12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God,(E) because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.(F)

13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[a] caught by its horns.(G) He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:13 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind him

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