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12 The Lord said, “Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise].” 13 Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering (ascending sacrifice) instead of his son. 14 So Abraham named that place [a]The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, “On the mountain of the Lord it [b]will be seen and provided.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:14 Heb YHWH jireh. Lit the Lord will see (in the sense of “see to it”).
  2. Genesis 22:14 This is a prophetic statement which looks ahead to the fact that the Messiah, the Son of God, would be the ultimate sacrifice, chosen and provided by the Father.

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