The LORD Provides the Sacrifice
The angel of the LORD calls from heaven and stops Abraham, saying he has not withheld his son. Abraham then sees a ram, offers it instead of Isaac, and names the place for the LORD’s provision.
J11ust then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” 12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me. ” 13Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
The angel calls a second time and the LORD swears by Himself to bless Abraham, multiply his descendants, and bless the nations through his offspring because Abraham has obeyed. Abraham then returns to his servants and settles again in Beersheba.
15And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time, 16saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, 17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. 18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” 19Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.