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13 Just then, Abraham looked round and he saw a male sheep behind him. Its horns were caught in some bushes. So he went and he took hold of the sheep. Abraham killed the sheep on the altar as a burnt offering to God. In that way, he killed the sheep as a sacrifice, instead of his son.[a]

14 Abraham called that place ‘The Lord will give me what I need.’[b] People still say today, ‘On the mountain of the Lord, he will give us what we need.’

15 The angel of the Lord called from heaven to Abraham again.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:13 See John 1:29.
  2. 22:14 In the Hebrew language, the name is sometimes written as ‘Jehovah Jireh’.