Liber Genesis, 22

1. Quae postquam gesta sunt, tentavit Deus Abraham et di xit ad eum: “Abraham”. Ille respondit: “Adsum”.

1. After these things God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I."

2. Ait: “Tolle filium tuum unigenitum, quem diligis, Isaac et vade in terram Moria; atque offer eum ibi in holocaustum super unum montium, quem monstravero tibi”.

2. He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Mori'ah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."

3. Igitur Abraham de nocte consurgens stravit asinum suum ducens secum duos iuvenes suos et Isaac filium suum. Cumque concidisset ligna in holocaustum, surrexit et abiit ad locum, quem praeceperat ei Deus.

3. So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

4. Die autem tertio, elevatis oculis, vidit locum procul

4. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.

5. dixitque ad pueros suos: “Exspectate hic cum asino. Ego et puer illuc usque properantes, postquam adoraverimus, revertemur ad vos”.

5. Then Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the ass; I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you."

6. Tulit quoque ligna holocausti et imposuit super Isaac filium suum; ipse vero portabat in manibus ignem et cultrum. Cumque duo pergerent simul,

6. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.

7. dixit Isaac Abrahae patri suo: “Pater mi”. Ille respondit: “Quid vis, fili?”. “Ecce, inquit, ignis et ligna; ubi est victima holocausti?”.

7. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" And he said, "Here am I, my son." He said, "Behold, the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"

8. Dixit Abraham: “Deus providebit sibi victimam holocausti, fili mi”. Pergebant ambo pariter;

8. Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.

9. et venerunt ad locum, quem ostenderat ei Deus, in quo aedificavit Abraham altare et desuper ligna composuit. Cumque colligasset Isaac filium suum, posuit eum in altari super struem lignorum

9. When they came to the place of which God had told him, 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. extenditque Abraham manum et arripuit cultrum, ut immolaret filium suum.

10. Then Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

11. Et ecce angelus Domini de caelo clamavit: “Abraham, Abraham”. Qui respondit: “Adsum”.

11. But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I."

12. Dixitque: “Non extendas manum tuam super puerum neque facias illi quidquam. Nunc cognovi quod times Deum et non pepercisti filio tuo unigenito propter me”.

12. He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad or 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. Levavit Abraham oculos suos viditque arietem unum inter vepres haerentem cornibus; quem assumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio.

13. And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, 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 as a burnt offering instead of his son.

14. Appellavitque nomen loci illius: “Dominus videt”. Unde usque hodie dicitur: “In monte Dominus videtur”.

14. So Abraham called the name of that place The LORD will provide; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided."

15. Vocavit autem angelus Domini Abraham secundo de caelo et dixit:

15. And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

16. “Per memetipsum iuravi, dicit Dominus: quia fecisti hanc rem et non pepercisti filio tuo unigenito,

16. and said, "By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

17. benedicam tibi et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas caeli et velut arenam, quae est in litore maris. Possidebit semen tuum portas inimicorum suorum,

17. I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies,

18. et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terrae, quia oboedisti voci meae”.

18. and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because you have obeyed my voice."

19. Reversus est Abraham ad pueros suos, et surrexerunt abieruntque Bersabee simul, et habitavit Abraham in Bersabee.

19. So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

20. His ita gestis, nuntiatum est Abrahae quod Melcha quoque genuisset filios Nachor fratri suo:

20. Now after these things it was told Abraham, "Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

21. Us primogenitum et Buz fratrem eius et Camuel patrem Aram

21. Uz the first-born, Buz his brother, Kemu'el the father of Aram,

22. et Cased et Azau, Pheldas quoque et Iedlaph

22. Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethu'el."

23. ac Bathuel, de quo nata est Rebecca. Octo istos genuit Melcha Nachor fratri Abrahae. 24 Concubina vero illius, nomine Reuma, peperit Tabee et Gaham et Tahas et Maacha.

23. Bethu'el became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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24. Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Ma'acah.