< Genesis 22 >
1 and to be after [the] word: thing [the] these and [the] God to test [obj] Abraham and to say to(wards) him Abraham and to say behold I
Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
2 and to say to take: take please [obj] (son: child your *LA(bh)*) [obj] only your which to love: lover [obj] Isaac and to go: went to/for you to(wards) land: country/planet [the] (Mount) Moriah and to ascend: offer up him there to/for burnt offering upon one [the] mountain: mount which to say to(wards) you
God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
3 and to rise Abraham in/on/with morning and to saddle/tie [obj] donkey his and to take: take [obj] two youth his with him and [obj] Isaac son: child his and to break up/open tree: wood burnt offering and to arise: rise and to go: went to(wards) [the] place which to say to/for him [the] God
So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
4 in/on/with day [the] third and to lift: look Abraham [obj] eye his and to see: see [obj] [the] place from distant
On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
5 and to say Abraham to(wards) youth his to dwell to/for you here with [the] donkey and I and [the] youth to go: went till thus and to bow and to return: again to(wards) you
Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
6 and to take: take Abraham [obj] tree: wood [the] burnt offering and to set: put upon Isaac son: child his and to take: take in/on/with hand his [obj] [the] fire and [obj] [the] knife and to go: went two their together
Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
7 and to say Isaac to(wards) Abraham father his and to say father my and to say behold I son: child my and to say behold [the] fire and [the] tree: wood and where? [the] sheep to/for burnt offering
Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 and to say Abraham God to see: select to/for him [the] sheep to/for burnt offering son: child my and to go: went two their together
Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
9 and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] place which to say to/for him [the] God and to build there Abraham [obj] [the] altar and to arrange [obj] [the] tree: wood and to bind [obj] Isaac son: child his and to set: put [obj] him upon [the] altar from above to/for tree: wood
They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
10 and to send: reach Abraham [obj] hand his and to take: take [obj] [the] knife to/for to slaughter [obj] son: child his
Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
11 and to call: call to to(wards) him messenger: angel LORD from [the] heaven and to say Abraham Abraham and to say behold I
But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
12 and to say not to send: reach hand your to(wards) [the] youth and not to make: do to/for him anything for now to know for afraid God you(m. s.) and not to withhold [obj] son: child your [obj] only your from me
The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
13 and to lift: look Abraham [obj] eye his and to see: see and behold ram after to grasp in/on/with thicket in/on/with horn his and to go: went Abraham and to take: take [obj] [the] ram and to ascend: offer up him to/for burnt offering underneath: instead son: child his
Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
14 and to call: call by Abraham name [the] place [the] he/she/it LORD Provider which to say [the] day: today in/on/with mountain: mount LORD to see: see
Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
15 and to call: call to messenger: angel LORD to(wards) Abraham second from [the] heaven
The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
16 and to say in/on/with me to swear utterance LORD for because which to make: do [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this and not to withhold [obj] son: child your [obj] only your
He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
17 for to bless to bless you and to multiply to multiply [obj] seed: children your like/as star [the] heaven and like/as sand which upon lip: shore [the] sea and to possess: take seed: children your [obj] gate enemy his
that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
18 and to bless in/on/with seed: children your all nation [the] land: country/planet consequence which to hear: obey in/on/with voice my
You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
19 and to return: return Abraham to(wards) youth his and to arise: rise and to go: went together to(wards) Beersheba Beersheba and to dwell Abraham in/on/with Beersheba Beersheba
Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
20 and to be after [the] word: thing [the] these and to tell to/for Abraham to/for to say behold to beget Milcah also he/she/it son: child to/for Nahor brother: male-sibling your
After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
21 [obj] Uz firstborn his and [obj] Buz brother: male-sibling his and [obj] Kemuel father Aram
The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
22 and [obj] Chesed and [obj] Hazo and [obj] Pildash and [obj] Jidlaph and [obj] Bethuel
After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
23 and Bethuel to beget [obj] Rebekah eight these to beget Milcah to/for Nahor brother: male-sibling Abraham
who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
24 and concubine his and name her Reumah and to beget also he/she/it [obj] Tebah and [obj] Gaham and [obj] Tahash and [obj] Maacah
Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.