11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”

He replied, “Here I am.”

12 Then He said, “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from Me.”(A) 13 Abraham looked up and saw a ram[a] caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:13 Some Hb mss, Sam, LXX, Syr, Tg; other Hb mss read saw behind [him] a ram

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