Genesis 22

1 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

2 “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

5 “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”

6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.

7 Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

8 Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.

9 When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.

10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

11 Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

13 Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

14 And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

16 saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

17 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

19 Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.

20 Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

21 Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

23 And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

24 Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

1 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

3 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering?

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

11 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I.

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me.

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind [him] a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

15 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith 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 gate of his enemies;

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

20 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

24 And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

1 After these things God tempted Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham. And he answered, Here am I.

2 And he said, Take Isaac thy only son, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon a mountain which I will tell thee.

3 And Abraham arose early in the morning, and girded up his ass, and took with him two lads, and Isaac his son, and split wood for a burnt offering, and arose, and went unto the place where God had told him.

4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

5 And he said unto his lads: Stay ye here with the ass; I and the lad will go thither: and when we have worshipped, we will come again unto you.

6 And Abraham took the wood for a burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son: and he took the fire and the knife in his hand, and they went both of them together.

7 And Isaac said unto Abraham his father, My fathers. And Abraham said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, here is fire and wood; but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?

8 And Abraham said, My son, God shall provide him a sheep for a burnt offering. And they went both of them together.

9 And when they came to the place which God had told him, Abraham built there an altar, and laid the wood thereon, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him upon the altar upon the wood.

10 And he put forth his hand, and took hold of the knife, to slay his son.

11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham. And he answered, Here am I.

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither hurt him. For now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake.

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw a ram hanging behind him in the hedge with his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it for a burnt offering in his son's stead.

14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The LORD seeth. Wherefore it is said unto this day, In the mount where the LORD looketh.

15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham again from heaven.

16 And said: I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, because thou hast done these things, and hast not spared thy only begotten Son,

17 And I will bless thy seed, and multiply it as the stars of heaven, and as the sand upon the seashore: and thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies.

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearkened unto my voice.

19 So Abraham returned unto his lads, and they arose, and went together to Beer-saba, and dwelt there.

20 And it came to pass after these things, that Abraham was told, Behold, Milka has also given birth to your brother Nahor,

21 Namely, Uz the firstborn, and Bus his brother, and Kemuel, from whom the Syrians came,

22 And Chesed, and Haso, and Pildas, and Jedlaph, and Bethuel.

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight Milcah bare unto Nahor Abraham's brother.

24 And his concubine also, whose name was Rehuma, bare Theba, and Gaham, and Thahaz, and Maachah.