11 But the Lord’s messenger called out to Abraham from heaven, "Abraham? Abraham?"Abraham said, "I’m here."
12 The messenger said, "Don’t stretch out your hand against the young man, and don’t do anything to him. I now know that you revere God and didn’t hold back your son, your only son, from me."
13 Abraham looked up and saw a single ram caught by its horns in the dense underbrush. Abraham went over, took the ram, and offered it as an entirely burned offering instead of his son.
14 Abraham named that place “the Lord sees.” That is the reason people today say, "On this mountain the Lord is seen."
15 The Lord’s messenger called out to Abraham from heaven a second time
16 and said, "I give my word as the Lord that because you did this and didn’t hold back your son, your only son,
17 I will bless you richly and I will give you countless descendants, as many as the stars in the sky and as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies’ cities.