Genesis 22
1 Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
2 And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.
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 And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.
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 And on the third day, Abraham, lifting up his eyes, saw the place a long way off.
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
5 Then he said to his young men, Keep here with the ass; and I and the boy will go on and give worship and come back again to you.
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 And Abraham put the wood for the burned offering on his son's back, and he himself took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them went on together.
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 Then Isaac said to Abraham, My father; and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, We have wood and fire here, but where is the lamb for the burned offering?
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 And Abraham said, God himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on together.
Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.
9 And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.
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 And stretching out his hand, Abraham took the knife to put his son to death.
Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
11 But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Yahweh’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
12 And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.
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 And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.
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 And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.
Abraham called the name of that place “Yahweh Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will be provided.”
15 And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,
Yahweh’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says Yahweh, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
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 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”
19 Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.
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 had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;
After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
21 Uz the oldest, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel, the father of Aram,
Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel.
Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23 Bethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24 And his servant Reumah gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.
His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
