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It was at this same time that Abimelech, with Phicol the commander of his army, said to Abraham, God goes with thee in all thou doest; (Genesis 21, 22)
That oath, Abraham said, I will take; (Genesis 21, 24)
So Abraham brought sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech, and they made a treaty there between them. (Genesis 21, 27)
There were seven ewe-lambs that Abraham set apart from the rest of the flock; (Genesis 21, 28)
and then Abimelech rose, and went back with Phicol, the commander of his army, to the country of the Philistines. At Bersabee, Abraham made a plantation, and invoked there the name of the Lord God eternal. (Genesis 21, 33)
After this, God would put Abraham to the test. So he called to him, Abraham, Abraham; and when he said, I am here, at thy command, (Genesis 22, 1)
Rising, therefore, at dawn, Abraham saddled his ass, bidding two of the men-servants and his son Isaac follow him; he cut the wood needed for the burnt-sacrifice, and then set out for the place of which God had spoken to him. (Genesis 22, 3)
Isaac said to him, Father. What is it, my son? he asked. Why, said he, we have the fire here and the wood; where is the lamb we need for a victim? (Genesis 22, 7)
My son, said Abraham, God will see to it that there is a lamb to be sacrificed. So they went on together (Genesis 22, 8)
But now, from heaven, an angel of the Lord called to him, Abraham, Abraham. And when he answered, Here am I, at thy command, (Genesis 22, 11)
And Abraham, looking about him, saw behind him a ram caught by the horns in a thicket; this he took, and offered it as a burnt-sacrifice, instead of his son. (Genesis 22, 13)
So Abraham called that spot, The Lord’s Foresight; and the saying goes to this day, On the mountain top, the Lord will see to it.✻ (Genesis 22, 14)
