Genesis 22:15-17

EJ2000(i) 15 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time 16 and said, By myself I have sworn, said the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son; 17 that in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies;