Genesis 22

1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham. And he said, Here am I.2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, 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 early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.4 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 we will 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 in his hand the fire and the 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, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son. So they went both of them together.

9 And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the 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 Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.12 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything 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 the 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 Jehovah-jireh. As it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.15 And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, 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 heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. 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 Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor.21 Uz his first-born, 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 did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 22

The Sacrifice of Isaac

1 Some time after these things God testeds Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abrahamt replied.

2 Godt said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaacs – and go to the land of Moriah!s Offer him up there as a burnt offerings on one of the mountains which I will indicate tot you.”

3 Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey.t He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started outt for the place God had spoken to him about.
4 On the third day Abraham caught sight oft the place in the distance.

5 So het said to his servants, “You two stayt here with the donkey whilet the boy and I go up there. We will worshipt and then return to you.”s
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand,s and the two of them walked on together.7 Isaac said to his father Abraham,t “My father?” “What is it,t my son?” he replied. “Here is the fire and the wood,” Isaac said,t “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

8 “God will providets for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together.
9 When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar theres and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied ups his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.10 Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughtert his son.11 But the Lord's angels called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am!” he answered.

12 “Do not harm the boy!”t the angel said.t “Do not do anything to him, for now I knows that you fears God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”
13 Abraham looked upt and sawt behind hims a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So het went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place “The Lord provides.”t It is said to this day,s “In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made.”s
15 The Lord’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven16 and said, “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’t decrees the Lord,t ‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,17 I will indeed bless you,t and I will greatly multiplyts your descendantst so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possessiont of the strongholdst of their enemies.

18 Because you have obeyed me,ts all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one anothert using the name of your descendants.’”

19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out togethert for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.t
20 After these things Abraham was told, “Milcaht also has borne children to your brother Nahor –21 Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),s22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”23 (Nowt Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore him children – Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.