1 It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said
to him, “Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
2 He said, “Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac,
and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one
of the mountains which I will tell you of.”
3 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two
of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt
offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
5 Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy
and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you. 6 Abraham
took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in
his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together. 7 Isaac spoke to
Abraham his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am, my son.”
He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt
offering?”
8 Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering,
my son.” So they both went together. 9 They came to the place which God
had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order,
bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood. 10 Abraham
stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
11 The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham,
Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
12 He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him.
For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your
only son, from me.”
13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a
ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and
offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 Abraham called
the name of that place Yahweh-Jireh.*1 As it is said to this day, “In Yahweh’s mountain it will be
provided.
15 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
16 and said, “I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done
this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 that in
blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as
the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed
will possess the gate of his enemies. 18 In your seed will all the nations
of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went
together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
20 It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,
“Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21 Uz
his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 Chesed,
Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” 23 Bethuel became the father of
Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24 His
concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bare Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and
Maacah.
1 “Yahweh-Jireh” means “Yahweh is my
provider.”
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