Genesis 22
1 Sometime later God tested Abraham. He called out to him, “Abraham!” “I'm here,” Abraham replied.
And it came to pass after these things, that God tried Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! and he said, Here am I.
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.”
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son], whom thou lovest, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah, and there offer him up for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
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 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up and went to the place that God had told him of.
4 After traveling for three days Abraham could see the place in the distance.
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.
5 He told his servants, “Wait here with the donkey while I go with the boy and worship God. Then we'll return.”
And Abraham said to 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 Abraham had Isaac carry the wood for the burnt offering, while he carried the fire and the knife, and they walked up together.
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and the knife, and they went both of them 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.
And Isaac spoke to 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 sheep for a burnt-offering?
8 “God will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied, and they went on walking up together.
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself with the sheep for a burnt-offering. And they went both of them 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 of which God had told him. And Abraham built the altar there, and piled the wood; and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 Abraham picked up the knife, ready to slaughter his son.
And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slaughter his son.
11 But the angel of the Lord shouted to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes, I'm here,” he replied.
And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Here am I.
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, Stretch not out thy hand against the lad, neither do anything to him; for now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son], from me.
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.
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt-offering 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 Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh; as it is said at the present day, On the mount of Jehovah will be provided.
15 The angel of the Lord shouted again to Abraham from heaven,
And the Angel of Jehovah called to Abraham from the heavens a second time,
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,
and said, By myself I swear, saith Jehovah, that, because thou hast done this, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son],
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 richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants because you did what I told you.”
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.
19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they went back together to Beersheba where Abraham was living.
And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
20 Sometime later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has had sons for your brother Nahor.”
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also has borne sons to thy brother Nahor:
21 Uz was the firstborn, then his brother Buz, Kemuel (who became the ancestor of Arameans),
Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 (Bethuel was Rebekah's father.) Milcah had these eight sons for Abraham's brother Nahor.
(And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 In addition, Reumah his concubine had Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
And his concubine, named Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maacah.
