God Provides a Ram

⁹When they arrived at the place God had directed him to, Abraham constructed an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood. ¹⁰Abraham reached out his hand and picked up the knife to kill his son. ¹¹But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" He answered, "Here I am." ¹²The angel said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy, and do not do anything to harm him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not held back your son, your only son, from me." ¹³Abraham looked up and noticed a ram behind him, its horns tangled in a thicket. He went over, took the ram, and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. ¹⁴Abraham named that place Jehovahjireh. To this day people say, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be seen." ¹⁵The angel of the LORD called out to Abraham from heaven a second time ¹⁶and said, "I have sworn by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not held back your son, your only son, ¹⁷I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your seed like the stars of the heaven and the sand on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies. ¹⁸Through your descendants, all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice." ¹⁹Then Abraham went back to his servants, and together they traveled to Beersheba. Abraham settled in Beersheba.