9. They came to the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built an altar. He laid the wood on it. Then he tied up his son Isaac. And he laid Isaac on the wood on the altar.
10. Then Abraham took his knife and was about to kill his son.
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:
17. I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. And they will capture the cities of their enemies.
18. Through your descendants all the nations on the earth will be blessed. This is because you obeyed me.’”
19. Then Abraham returned to his servants. They all traveled back to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
20. After these things happened, someone told Abraham: “Your brother Nahor and his wife Milcah have children now.
21. The first son is Uz. The second son is Buz. The third son is Kemuel (the father of Aram).
22. Then there are Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.”