1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And
he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee
into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of
the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 And
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his
young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt
offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then
on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And
Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad
will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went
both of them together.
7 And
Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my
son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the
lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And
Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so
they went both of them together.
9 And
they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar
there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the
altar upon the wood.
10 And
Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And
the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham,
Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And
he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him:
for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son from
me.
13 And
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram
caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and
offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 And
Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this
day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15 And
the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And
said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this
thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That
in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as
the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon
the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And
in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed
my voice.
19 So
Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to
Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20 And
it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold,
Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
21 Huz
his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And
Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And
Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 And
his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and
Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
