“Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.