Chapter 22

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt¹⁴ Abraham, and said⁴ unto him, Abraham: and he said,⁴ Behold, [here] I [am].

And he said,⁴ Take³ now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest,¹ and get³ thee into the land of Moriah; and offer⁵⁴ him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell⁴ thee of.

And Abraham rose up early⁵⁵ in the morning, and saddled⁴ his ass, and took⁴ two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave¹⁷ the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,⁴ and went⁴ unto the place of which God had told¹ him.

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up⁴ his eyes, and saw⁴ the place afar off.

And Abraham said⁴ unto his young men, Abide³ ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go⁴ yonder and worship,¹⁰¹ and come again⁴ to you.

And Abraham took⁴ the wood of the burnt offering, and laid⁴ [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took⁴ the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went⁴ both of them together.

And Isaac spake⁴ unto Abraham his father, and said,⁴ My father: and he said,⁴ Here [am] I, my son. And he said,⁴ Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering?

And Abraham said,⁴ My son, God will provide⁴ himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went⁴ both of them together.

And they came⁴ to the place which God had told¹ him of; and Abraham built⁴ an altar there, and laid the wood in order,⁴ and bound⁴ Isaac his son, and laid⁴ him on the altar upon the wood.

And Abraham stretched forth⁴ his hand, and took⁴ the knife to slay² his son.

And the angel of the LORD called⁴ unto him out of heaven, and said,⁴ Abraham, Abraham: and he said,⁴ Here [am] I.

And he said,⁴ Lay⁴ not thine hand upon the lad, neither do⁴ thou any thing unto him: for now I know¹ that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld¹ thy son, thine only [son] from me.

And Abraham lifted up⁴ his eyes, and looked,⁴ and behold behind [him] a ram caught¹² in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went⁴ and took⁴ the ram, and offered him up⁵⁵ for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

And Abraham called⁴ the name of that place Jehovahjireh: ^{7200 4 3070} as it is said¹¹ [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.¹¹

And the angel of the LORD called⁴ unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

And said,⁴ By myself have I sworn,⁸ saith⁷ the LORD, for because ⁸³⁴ thou hast done¹ this thing, and hast not withheld¹ thy son, thine only [son]:

That in blessing¹⁵ I will bless¹⁷ thee, and in multiplying⁵³ I will multiply⁵⁵ thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess⁴ the gate of his enemies;⁶

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;⁹⁸ because ⁶¹¹⁸ thou hast obeyed¹ my voice.

So Abraham returned⁴ unto his young men, and they rose up⁴ and went⁴ together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt⁴ at Beersheba.

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told⁹³ Abraham, saying,² Behold, Milcah, she hath also born¹ children unto thy brother Nahor;

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

And Bethuel begat¹ Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear¹ to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare⁴ also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.