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#606: The Ram in the Thicket

Bereshit Rabbah on Parashat Vayera, Bereshit/Genesis 22:13

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Bereshit/Genesis 22:13

וַיִּשָּׂ֨א אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּרְא֙ וְהִנֵּה־אַ֔יִל אַחַ֕ר נֶאֱחַ֥ז בַּסְּבַ֖ךְ בְּקַרְנָ֑יו וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אַבְרָהָם֙ וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־הָאַ֔יִל וַיַּעֲלֵ֥הוּ לְעֹלָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת בְּנֽוֹ׃

When Abraham looked up, his eye fell upon a ram, caught in the thicket by its horns.…

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