Genesis 22
1 Sometime later God tested Abraham. He called out to him, “Abraham!” “I'm here,” Abraham replied.
It came about after these things that God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” Abraham said, “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.”
Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains there, which I will tell you about.”
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.
So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, along with Isaac his son. He cut the wood for the burnt offering, then set out on his journey to the place that God had told him about.
4 After traveling for three days Abraham could see the place in the distance.
On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place afar off.
5 He told his servants, “Wait here with the donkey while I go with the boy and worship God. Then we'll return.”
Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there. We will 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.
Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on Isaac his son. He took in his own hand the fire 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.
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father,” and he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “See, here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 “God will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied, and they went on walking up together.
Abraham said, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So they went on, 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.
When they came to the place that God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood on it. Then he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
10 Abraham picked up the knife, ready to slaughter his son.
Abraham reached out with his hand and took up the knife to kill his son.
11 But the angel of the Lord shouted to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes, I'm here,” he replied.
Then the angel of Yahweh called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” and he said, “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.”
He said, “Do not lay your hand upon the lad, nor do anything to harm him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing that you have not withheld your son, your 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.
Abraham looked up and behold, behind him was a ram caught in the bushes by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up as 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.”
So Abraham called that place, “Yahweh will provide,” and it is said to this day, “On the mountain of Yahweh it will be provided.”
15 The angel of the Lord shouted again to Abraham from heaven,
The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time from heaven
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—this is Yahweh's declaration—by myself I have sworn that because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your 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 surely bless you and I will greatly multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies.
18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants because you did what I told you.”
Through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they went back together to Beersheba where Abraham was living.
So Abraham returned to his young men, and they departed and went together to Beersheba, and he lived at Beersheba.
20 Sometime later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has had sons for your brother Nahor.”
It came about after these things that Abraham was told, “Milkah has borne children, as well, to your brother Nahor.”
21 Uz was the firstborn, then his brother Buz, Kemuel (who became the ancestor of Arameans),
They were Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 (Bethuel was Rebekah's father.) Milcah had these eight sons for Abraham's brother Nahor.
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These were the eight children that Milkah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 In addition, Reumah his concubine had Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
