Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 22:13 in context
Genesis 22:10–16
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Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
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The LORD’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
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He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
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Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
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Abraham called the name of that place “The LORD Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On the LORD’s mountain, it will be provided.”
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The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
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and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says the LORD, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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