9. when they reached the place that God had told him about, Abraham built an altar and placed the wood on it. Next, he tied up his son and put him on the wood.
10. He then took the knife and got ready to kill his son.
11. But the Lord's angel shouted from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”“Here I am!” he answered.
12. “Don't hurt the boy or harm him in any way!” the angel said. “Now I know that you truly obey God, because you were willing to offer him your only son.”
13. Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in the bushes. So he took the ram and sacrificed it in place of his son.
14. Abraham named that place “The Lord will Provide”. And even now people say, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
15. The Lord's angel called out from heaven a second time:
16. You were willing to offer the Lord your only son, and so he makes you this solemn promise,
17. “I will bless you and give you such a large family, that some day your descendants will be more numerous than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand along the beach. They will defeat their enemies and take over the cities where their enemies live.