Genesis 22

Now after these things, God tested [the faith and commitment of] Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he answered, “Here I am.”

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.

God said, “Take now your son, your only son [of ^[a]promise], whom you love, Isaac, and go to the region of ^[b]Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

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.

So Abraham got up 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 he got up and went to the place of which God had told him.

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.

On the third day [of travel] Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

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

Abraham said to his servants, “Settle down and stay here with the donkey; the ^[c]young man and I will go over there and worship [God], and we will come back to you.”

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.

Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it ^[d]on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the ^[e]fire (firepot) in his own hand and the [sacrificial] knife; and the two of them walked on together.

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.

And Isaac said to Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Isaac said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

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?

Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself ^[f]a lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two walked on together.

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

When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood, and bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.

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.

Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to ^[g]kill his son.

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

But the ^[h]Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He answered, “Here I am.”

And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

The Lord said, “Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise].”

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.

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 (ascending sacrifice) instead of his son.

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.

So Abraham named that place ^[i]The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, “On the mountain of the Lord it ^[j]will be seen and provided.”

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.

The ^[k]Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time

And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

and said, “By Myself (on the basis of Who I Am) I have sworn [an oath], declares the Lord, that since you have done this thing and have not withheld [from Me] your son, your only son [of promise],

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:

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [as conquerors].

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;

Through your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have heard and obeyed My voice.”

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

So Abraham returned to his servants, and they got up and went with him to Beersheba; and Abraham settled in Beersheba.

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

Now after these things Abraham was told, “Milcah has borne children to your brother Nahor:

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;

Uz the firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram,

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

Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel.”

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

Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight [children] Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

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

Nahor’s ^[l]concubine, whose name was Reumah, gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

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