22:1 AFTER THESE events, God tested {and} proved Abraham and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Here I am. |
22:2 [God] said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I will tell you. |
22:3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and then began the trip to the place of which God had told him. |
22:4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. |
22:5 And Abraham said to his servants, Settle down {and} stay here with the donkey, and I and the young man will go yonder and worship and come again to you. |
22:6 Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the fire (the firepot) in his own hand, and a knife; and the two of them went on together. |
22:7 And Isaac said to Abraham, My father! And he said, Here I am, my son. [Isaac] said, See, here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt sacrifice? |
22:8 Abraham said, My son, God Himself will provide a lamb for the burnt offering. So the two went on together. |
22:9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there; then he laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar on the wood. |
22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took hold of the knife to slay his son. |
22:11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham! He answered, Here I am. |
22:12 And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear {and} revere God, since you have not held back from Me {or} begrudged giving Me your son, your only son. |
22:13 Then Abraham looked up {and} glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering {and} an ascending sacrifice instead of his son! |
22:14 So Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it will be provided. |
22:15 The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time |
22:16 And said, I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that since you have done this and have not withheld [from Me] {or} begrudged [giving Me] your son, your only son, |
22:17 In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies, |
22:18 And in your Seed [Christ] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed {and} [by Him] bless themselves, because you have heard {and} obeyed My voice. |
22:19 So Abraham returned to his servants, and they rose up and went with him to Beersheba; there Abraham lived. |
22:20 Now after these things, it was told Abraham, Milcah has also borne children to your brother Nahor: |
22:21 Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, |
22:22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. |
22:23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. |
22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah. |