Genesis 22
GEN 22:1 And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham,
and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'
GEN 22:2 And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou
hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause
him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I
speak unto thee.'
GEN 22:3 And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and
taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the
wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God
hath spoken to him.
GEN 22:4 On the third day -- Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place
from afar;
GEN 22:5 and Abraham saith unto his young men, `Remain by yourselves here with
the ass, and I and the youth go yonder and worship, and turn back unto you.'
GEN 22:6 And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac
his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both
of them together.
GEN 22:7 And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father, and saith, `My father,' and
he saith, `Here `am' I, my son.' And he saith, `Lo, the fire and the wood, and
where the lamb for a burnt-offering?'
GEN 22:8 and Abraham saith, `God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a
burnt-offering, my son;' and they go on both of them together.
GEN 22:9 And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and
there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his
son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood;
GEN 22:10 and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife -- to
slaughter his son.
GEN 22:11 And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and
saith, `Abraham, Abraham;' and he saith, `Here `am' I;'
GEN 22:12 and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do
anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not
withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'
GEN 22:13 And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind,
seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and
causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son;
GEN 22:14 and Abraham calleth the name of that place `Jehovah-Jireh,' because it
is said this day in the mount, `Jehovah doth provide.'
GEN 22:15 And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto Abraham a second time from
the heavens,
GEN 22:16 and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah --
that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine
only one --
GEN 22:17 that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as
stars of the heavens, and as sand which `is' on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth
possess the gate of his enemies;
GEN 22:18 and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth,
because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
GEN 22:19 And Abraham turneth back unto his young men, and they rise and go
together unto Beer-Sheba; and Abraham dwelleth in Beer-Sheba.
GEN 22:20 And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to
Abraham, saying, `Lo, Milcah hath borne, even she, sons to Nahor thy brother:
GEN 22:21 Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother; and Kemuel father of Aram,
GEN 22:22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel;
GEN 22:23 and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah;' these eight hath Milcah borne to
Nahor, Abraham's brother;
GEN 22:24 and his concubine, whose name `is' Reumah, she also hath borne Tebah,
and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maachah.
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