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1 After these things, God
tested Abraham, and
said to him,
“Abraham!”
He said, “Here
I am.”
2 He said, “Now
take your son,
your only son,
Isaac, whom you love,
and go into
the land of Moriah.
Offer him there
as a burnt
offering on one
of the mountains
which I will
tell you of.”
3 Abraham
rose early in
the morning, and
saddled his donkey;
and took two
of his young
men with him,
and Isaac his
son. He split
the wood for
the burnt offering,
and rose up,
and went to
the place of
which God had told
him.
4 On
the third day
Abraham lifted up
his eyes, and
saw the place
far off.
5 Abraham said
to his young
men, “Stay here
with the donkey.
The boy and
I will go
over there. We
will worship, and
come back to
you.”
6 Abraham
took the wood
of the burnt
offering and laid
it on Isaac
his son. He
took in his
hand the fire and
the knife. They
both went together.
7 Isaac spoke
to Abraham his
father, and said, “My
father?”
He said, “Here
I am, my son.”
He said, “Here is
the fire and the
wood, but where
is the lamb
for a burnt
offering?”
8 Abraham said, “God
will provide himself
the lamb for
a burnt offering,
my son.” So
they both went
together.
9 They came
to the place
which God had told
him of. Abraham
built the altar
there, and laid
the wood in
order, bound Isaac
his son, and
laid him on
the altar, on
the wood.
10 Abraham
stretched out his
hand, and took
the knife to
kill his son.
11 The
LORD’s angel
called to him
out of the
sky, and said,
“Abraham, Abraham!”
He said, “Here
I am.”
12 He said,
“Don’t lay your
hand on the
boy or do
anything to him.
For now I
know that you
fear God, since
you have not
withheld your son,
your only son,
from me.”
13 Abraham
lifted up his
eyes, and looked,
and saw that behind
him was a ram
caught in the
thicket by his
horns. Abraham
went and took
the ram, and
offered him up
for a burnt
offering instead
of his son.
14 Abraham
called the name
of that place “The
LORD Will
Provide”.
As it is
said to this
day, “On the
LORD’s mountain,
it will be
provided.”
15 The
LORD’s angel
called to Abraham
a second time
out of the
sky,
16 and
said, “ ‘I have
sworn by myself,’
says the LORD, ‘because
you have done
this thing, and
have not withheld
your son, your
only son,
17 that
I will bless
you greatly, and
I will multiply
your offspring
greatly like the
stars of the
heavens, and like
the sand which
is on the
seashore. Your
offspring will
possess the gate
of his enemies.
18 All
the nations of
the earth will be
blessed by your
offspring, because
you have obeyed
my voice.’ ”
19 So Abraham
returned to his
young men, and
they rose up
and went together
to Beersheba. Abraham lived
at Beersheba.
20 After
these things, Abraham
was told, “Behold,
Milcah, she also
has borne children
to your brother
Nahor:
21 Uz
his 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 His
concubine, whose
name was Reumah,
also bore Tebah,
Gaham, Tahash, and
Maacah.