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Genesis 22:11-21 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

11. but the Messenger of יהוה called to him from the heavens and said, “Aḇraham, Aḇraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

12. And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy, nor touch him. For now I know that you fear Elohim, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

13. And Aḇraham lifted his eyes and looked and saw behind him a ram caught in a bush by its horns, and Aḇraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

14. And Aḇraham called the name of the place, ‘יהוה Yireh,’ as it is said to this day, “On the mountain יהוה provides.”

15. And the Messenger of יהוה called to Aḇraham a second time from the heavens,

16. and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares יהוה, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

17. that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.

18. “And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

19. Then Aḇraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Be’ĕrsheḇa. And Aḇraham dwelt at Be’ĕrsheḇa.

20. And it came to be after these events that it was reported to Aḇraham, saying, “See, Milkah too has borne children to your brother Naḥor:

21. “Uts his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Qemu’ĕl the father of Aram,

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