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Genesis 22:11-16 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

11. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven. The angel said, “Abraham! Abraham!”Abraham answered, “Yes.”

12. The angel said, “Don’t kill your son or hurt him in any way. Now I can see that you respect God. I see that you have not kept your son, your only son, from me.”

13. Then Abraham looked up and saw a male sheep. Its horns were caught in a bush. So Abraham went and took the sheep and killed it. He offered it as a whole burnt offering to God. Abraham’s son was saved.

14. So Abraham named that place The Lord Gives. Even today people say, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be given.”

15. The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time.

16. The angel said, “The Lord says, ‘You did not keep back your son, your only son, from me. Because you did this, I make you this promise by my own name:

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