Genesis 22
1 quae postquam gesta sunt temptavit Deus Abraham et dixit ad eum Abraham ille respondit adsum
After these dedes God dyd proue Abraham and sayde vnto him: Abraham. And he answered: here am I.
2 ait ei tolle filium tuum unigenitum quem diligis Isaac et vade in terram Visionis atque offer eum ibi holocaustum super unum montium quem monstravero tibi
And he sayde: take thy only sonne Isaac whome thou louest and get the vnto the lande of Moria and sacrifyce him there for a sacrifyce vpon one of the mountayns which I will shewe the
3 igitur Abraham de nocte consurgens stravit asinum suum ducens secum duos iuvenes et Isaac filium suum cumque concidisset ligna in holocaustum abiit ad locum quem praeceperat ei Deus
Than Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and sadled his asse and toke two of his meyny wyth him and Isaac his sonne: ad clove wod for the sacrifyce and rose vp and gott him to the place which God had appoynted him.
4 die autem tertio elevatis oculis vidit locum procul
The thirde daye Abraham lyfte vp his eyes and sawe the place a farr of
5 dixitque ad pueros suos expectate hic cum asino ego et puer illuc usque properantes postquam adoraverimus revertemur ad vos
and sayde vnto his yong men: byde here with the asse. I and the lad will goo yonder and worshippe and come agayne vnto you.
6 tulit quoque ligna holocausti et inposuit super Isaac filium suum ipse vero portabat in manibus ignem et gladium cumque duo pergerent simul
And Abraham toke the wodd of the sacrifyce and layde it vpon Isaac his sonne and toke fyre in his hande and a knyfe. And they went both of them together.
7 dixit Isaac patri suo pater mi at ille respondit quid vis fili ecce inquit ignis et ligna ubi est victima holocausti
Than spake Isaac vnto Abraham his father and sayde: My father? And he answered here am I my sonne. And he sayde: Se here is fyre and wodd but where is the shepe for sacrifyce?
8 dixit Abraham Deus providebit sibi victimam holocausti fili mi pergebant ergo pariter
And Abraham sayde: my sonne God wyll prouyde him a shepe for sacrifyce. So went they both together.
9 veneruntque ad locum quem ostenderat ei Deus in quo aedificavit altare et desuper ligna conposuit cumque conligasset Isaac filium suum posuit eum in altari super struem lignorum
And when they came vnto the place which God shewed him Abraha made an aulter there and dressed the wodd ad bownde Isaac his sonne and layde him on the aulter aboue apon the wodd.
10 extenditque manum et arripuit gladium ut immolaret filium
And Abraham stretched forth his hande and toke the knyfe to haue kylled his sonne.
11 et ecce angelus Domini de caelo clamavit dicens Abraham Abraham qui respondit adsum
Than the angell of the LORde called vnto him from heauen saynge: Abraham Abraham. And he answered: here am I.
12 dixitque ei non extendas manum tuam super puerum neque facias illi quicquam nunc cognovi quod timeas Dominum et non peperceris filio tuo unigenito propter me
And he sayde: laye not thy handes apon the childe nether do any thinge at all vnto him for now I knowe that thou fearest God in yt thou hast not kepte thine only sonne fro me.
13 levavit Abraham oculos viditque post tergum arietem inter vepres herentem cornibus quem adsumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio
And Abraham lyfted vp his eyes and loked aboute: and beholde there was a ram caught by the hornes in a thykette. And he went and toke the ram and offred him vp for a sacrifyce in the steade of his sonne
14 appellavitque nomen loci illius Dominus videt unde usque hodie dicitur in monte Dominus videbit
And Abraham called the name of the place the LORde will see: wherfore it is a come saynge this daye: in the mounte will the LORde be sene.
15 vocavit autem angelus Domini Abraham secundo de caelo dicens
And the Angell of the LORde cryed vnto Abraham from heaven the seconde tyme
16 per memet ipsum iuravi dicit Dominus quia fecisti rem hanc et non pepercisti filio tuo unigenito
saynge: by my selfe haue I sworne (sayth the LORde) because thou hast done this thinge and hast not spared thy only sonne
17 benedicam tibi et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas caeli et velut harenam quae est in litore maris possidebit semen tuum portas inimicorum suorum
that I will blesse th and multiplye thy seed as the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpo the seesyde. And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies.
18 et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terrae quia oboedisti voci meae
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
19 reversus est Abraham ad pueros suos abieruntque Bersabee simul et habitavit ibi
So turned Abraham agayne vnto his yonge men and they rose vp and wet to gether to Berseba. And Abraham dwelt at Berseba
20 his itaque gestis nuntiatum est Abraham quod Melcha quoque genuisset filios Nahor fratri suo
And it chaused after these thiges that one tolde Abraham saynge: Beholde Milcha she hath also borne childern vnto thy brother Nachor:
21 Hus primogenitum et Buz fratrem eius Camuhel patrem Syrorum
Hus his eldest sonne and Bus his brother and Lemuell the father of the Sinans
22 et Chased et Azau Pheldas quoque et Iedlaph
and Cesed and Haso and Pildas and Iedlaph and Bethuel.
23 ac Bathuel de quo nata est Rebecca octo istos genuit Melcha Nahor fratri Abraham
And Bethuel begat Rebecca. These. viij. dyd Milcha bere to Nachor Abrahams brother
24 concubina vero illius nomine Roma peperit Tabee et Gaom et Thaas et Maacha
And his concubyne called Rheuma she bare also Tebah Gaham Thahas and Maacha.
