Genesis 22
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And it happened after these things, testing Abraham, God said to him, Abraham!
And he said, Behold me. 2 And He said, Now take your son, Isaac, your only one
whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. And there offer him for a burnt
offering on one of the mountains which I will say to you. 3 And Abraham started
up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and he took two of his youths with
him, and his son Isaac. And he split wood for a burnt offering, and rose up and
went to the place which God had said to him. 4 And on the third day Abraham
lifted up his eyes and saw the place from a distance. 5 And Abraham said to his
young men, You stay here with the ass. I and the boy will go over there that we
may worship and may return to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt
offering and laid it on his son Isaac; and he took the fire and the knife in
his hand. And the two went together. 7 And Isaac spoke to his father Abraham
and said, My father. And he said, Behold me. 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 see to the lamb for Himself, for a burnt offering. And the two of
them went together. 9 And they came to the place which God had said to him. And
Abraham built there the altar, and arranged the wood. And he bound his son
Isaac and laid him on the altar, on the wood. 10 And Abraham put out his hand
and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the Angel of Jehovah called to him
from the heavens and said, Abraham! Abraham! And he said, Behold me. 12 And He
said, Do not lay your hand on the boy, nor do anything to him. For now I know
that you are a God-fearer, and you have not withheld your son, your only one,
from Me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold! A ram behind
him was entangled in a thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram
and offered it for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called
the name of that place Jehovah Will See; so that it is said until this day, In
the mount of Jehovah it will be seen. 15 And the Angel of Jehovah called to
Abraham out of the heavens a second time. 16 And He said, I have sworn by
Myself, declares Jehovah, that on account of this thing you have done, and have
not withheld your son, your only son, 17 that blessing I will bless you, and
multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the
sand which is on the shore of the sea. And your Seed shall possess the gate of
His enemies. 18 And in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed
because you have obeyed My voice. 19 And Abraham returned to his young men, and
they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And
Abraham lived at Beer-sheba. 20 And it happened after
these things it was told to Abraham, saying, Behold! Milcah,
she also, has borne sons to your brother Nahor: 21 Uz, his first-born, Buz, and his
brother Kemuel, the father of Aram, 22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel fathered
Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight to Nahor, the brother of Abraham. 24 And his concubine, whose
name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah,
and Gaham, and Thahash, and
Maachah.