“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.” (Ge 22:1-24 AV)
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