Genesis 22
1 Sometime later God tested Abraham. He called out to him, “Abraham!” “I'm here,” Abraham replied.
After these things occurred, God tested Abraham, and he said to him, “Abraham, Abraham.” And he answered, “Here I am.”
2 God told him, “Go with your son, the one you love, your only son, to the land of Moriah and sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll show you.”
He said to him: “Take your only begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of vision. And there you shall offer him as a holocaust upon one of the mountains, which I will show to you.”
3 Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled up his donkey. He took two servants and Isaac with him and went to cut firewood for the burnt offering. Then he left with them to go to the place God had told him about.
And so Abraham, getting up in the night, harnessed his donkey, taking with him two youths, and his son Isaac. And when he had cut wood for the holocaust, he traveled toward the place, as God had instructed him.
4 After traveling for three days Abraham could see the place in the distance.
Then, on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place at a distance.
5 He told his servants, “Wait here with the donkey while I go with the boy and worship God. Then we'll return.”
And he said to his servants: “Wait here with the donkey. I and the boy will hurry further ahead to that place. After we have worshipped, will return to you.”
6 Abraham had Isaac carry the wood for the burnt offering, while he carried the fire and the knife, and they walked up together.
He also took the wood for the holocaust, and he imposed it upon his son Isaac. And he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword. And as the two continued on together,
7 Isaac said to Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “Well, we have the fire and the wood, but where's the lamb for the burnt offering?” Isaac asked.
Isaac said to his father, “My father.” And he answered, “What do you want, son?” “Behold,” he said, “fire and wood. Where is the victim for the holocaust?”
8 “God will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied, and they went on walking up together.
But Abraham said, “God himself will provide the victim for the holocaust, my son.” Thus they continued on together.
9 When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and placed the wood on it. Then he bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.
And they came to the place that God had shown to him. There he built an altar, and he set the wood in order upon it. And when he had bound his son Isaac, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood.
10 Abraham picked up the knife, ready to slaughter his son.
And he reached out his hand and took hold of the sword, in order to sacrifice his son.
11 But the angel of the Lord shouted to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes, I'm here,” he replied.
And behold, an Angel of the Lord called out from heaven, saying, “Abraham, Abraham.” And he answered, “Here I am.”
12 The angel said, “Don't touch the boy! Don't do anything to him, because now I know that you truly do what God tells you. You didn't refuse to give me your son, your only son.”
And he said to him, “Do not extend your hand over the boy, and do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, since you have not spared your only begotten son for my sake.”
13 Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in some bushes. He brought the ram over and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he saw behind his back a ram among the thorns, caught by the horns, which he took and offered as a holocaust, instead of his son.
14 Abraham called the place “The Lord will Provide.” That's still a saying people use today: “the Lord will provide on his mountain.”
And he called the name of that place: ‘The Lord Sees.’ Thus, even to this day, it is said: ‘On the mountain, the Lord will see.’
15 The angel of the Lord shouted again to Abraham from heaven,
Then the Angel of the Lord called out to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying:
16 “I swear by myself, says the Lord, that because you have done this and didn't refuse to give me your son, your only son,
“By my own self, I have sworn, says the Lord. Because you have done this thing, and have not spared your only begotten son for my sake,
17 you can be sure that I will bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as numerous as the stars of heaven and the sand of the seashore, and they will conquer their enemies.
I will bless you, and I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.
18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants because you did what I told you.”
And in your offspring, all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you obeyed my voice.”
19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they went back together to Beersheba where Abraham was living.
Abraham returned to his servants, and they went to Beersheba together, and he lived there.
20 Sometime later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has had sons for your brother Nahor.”
After these things occurred, it was reported to Abraham that Milcah, likewise, had borne sons for his brother Nahor:
21 Uz was the firstborn, then his brother Buz, Kemuel (who became the ancestor of Arameans),
Uz, the firstborn, and Buz, his brother, and Kemuel, the father of the Syrians,
22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
and Chesed, and Hazo, likewise Pildash, and Jidlaph,
23 (Bethuel was Rebekah's father.) Milcah had these eight sons for Abraham's brother Nahor.
as well as Bethuel, of whom was born Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore for Nahor, the brother of Abraham.
24 In addition, Reumah his concubine had Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
In truth, his concubine, named Reumah, bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
