Genesis 22
1 It came about after these things that God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” Abraham said, “Here I am.”
Sometime later God tested Abraham. He called out to him, “Abraham!” “I'm here,” Abraham replied.
2 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.”
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.”
3 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.
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.
4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place afar off.
After traveling for three days Abraham could see the place in the distance.
5 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.”
He told his servants, “Wait here with the donkey while I go with the boy and worship God. Then we'll return.”
6 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.
Abraham had Isaac carry the wood for the burnt offering, while he carried the fire and the knife, and they walked up together.
7 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?”
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.
8 Abraham said, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So they went on, both of them together.
“God will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied, and they went on walking up together.
9 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.
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.
10 Abraham reached out with his hand and took up the knife to kill his son.
Abraham picked up the knife, ready to slaughter his son.
11 Then the angel of Yahweh called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” and he said, “Here I am.”
But the angel of the Lord shouted to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes, I'm here,” he replied.
12 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.”
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.”
13 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.
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.
14 So Abraham called that place, “Yahweh will provide,” and it is said to this day, “On the mountain of Yahweh it will be provided.”
Abraham called the place “The Lord will Provide.” That's still a saying people use today: “the Lord will provide on his mountain.”
15 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time from heaven
The angel of the Lord shouted again to Abraham from heaven,
16 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,
“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,
17 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.
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.
18 Through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants because you did what I told you.”
19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they departed and went together to Beersheba, and he lived at Beersheba.
Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they went back together to Beersheba where Abraham was living.
20 It came about after these things that Abraham was told, “Milkah has borne children, as well, to your brother Nahor.”
Sometime later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has had sons for your brother Nahor.”
21 They were Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
Uz was the firstborn, then his brother Buz, Kemuel (who became the ancestor of Arameans),
22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These were the eight children that Milkah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
(Bethuel was Rebekah's father.) Milcah had these eight sons for Abraham's brother Nahor.
24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
In addition, Reumah his concubine had Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
