| 1 | After these events, God tested
and
proved Abraham and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Here I am. |
| 2 | [God] said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I will tell you. |
| 3 | So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and then began the trip to the place of which God had told him. |
| 4 | On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. |
| 5 | And Abraham said to his servants, Settle down
and
stay here with the donkey, and I and the young man will go yonder and worship and
[a]come again to you. |
| 6 | Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the fire (the firepot) in his own hand, and a knife; and the two of them went on together. |
| 7 | And Isaac said to Abraham, My father! And he said, Here I am, my son. [Isaac] said, See, here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt sacrifice? |
| 8 | Abraham said, My son,
[b]God Himself will provide a lamb for the burnt offering. So the two went on together. |
| 9 | When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there; then he laid the wood in order and
[c]bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar on the wood. |
| 10 | And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took hold of the knife to slay his son. |
| 11 | But the
[d]Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham! He answered, Here I am. |
| 12 | And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear
and
revere God, since you have not held back from Me
or
begrudged giving Me your son, your only son. |
| 13 | Then Abraham looked up
and
glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering
and
an ascending sacrifice instead of his son! |
| 14 | So Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it will be provided. |
| 15 | The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time |
| 16 | And said, I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that since you have done this and have not withheld [from Me]
or
begrudged [giving Me] your son, your only son, |
| 17 | In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies, |
| 18 | And in your Seed [
[e]Christ] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed
and
[by Him] bless themselves, because you have heard
and
obeyed My voice. |
| 19 | So Abraham returned to his servants, and they rose up and went with him to Beersheba; there Abraham lived. |
| 20 | Now after these things, it was told Abraham, Milcah has also borne children to your brother Nahor: |
| 21 | Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, |
| 22 | Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. |
| 23 | Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. |
| 24 | And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah. |
Cross references:
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Genesis 22:9 : Matt. 10:37.
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Genesis 22:10 : Heb. 11:17-19.
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Genesis 22:17 : Heb. 6:13, 14; 11:12.
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Genesis 22:18 : Gen. 12:2-3; 13:16; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14; Acts 3:25, 26; Gal. 3:16.
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