Genesis, 22
1. Some time after these events, God put Abraham to the test. He called to him, "Abraham!" "Ready!" he replied.
1. It happened some time later that God put Abraham to the test. 'Abraham, Abraham!' he called. 'Here I am,' he replied.
2. Then God said: "Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him up as a holocaust on a height that I will point out to you."
2. God said, 'Take your son, your only son, your beloved Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, where you are to offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I shall point out to you.'
3. Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey, took with him his son Isaac, and two of his servants as well, and with the wood that he had cut for the holocaust, set out for the place of which God had told him.
3. Early next morning Abraham saddled his donkey and took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. He chopped wood for the burnt offering and started on his journey to the place which God had indicated to him.
4. On the third day Abraham got sight of the place from afar.
4. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
5. Then he said to his servants: "Both of you stay here with the donkey, while the boy and I go on over yonder. We will worship and then come back to you."
5. Then Abraham said to his servants, 'Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I are going over there; we shall worship and then come back to you.'
6. Thereupon Abraham took the wood for the holocaust and laid it on his son Isaac's shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife.
6. Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering, loaded it on Isaac, and carried in his own hands the fire and the knife. Then the two of them set out together.
7. As the two walked on together, Isaac spoke to his father Abraham. "Father!" he said. "Yes, son," he replied. Isaac continued, "Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep for the holocaust?"
7. Isaac spoke to his father Abraham. 'Father?' he said. 'Yes, my son,' he replied. 'Look,' he said, 'here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?'
8. "Son," Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the sheep for the holocaust." Then the two continued going forward.
8. Abraham replied, 'My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.' And the two of them went on together.
9. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac, and put him on top of the wood on the altar.
9. When they arrived at the place which God had indicated to him, Abraham built an altar there, and arranged the wood. Then he bound his son and put him on the altar on top of the wood.
10. Then he reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son.
10. Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
11. But the LORD'S messenger called to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Yes, Lord," he answered.
11. But the angel of Yahweh called to him from heaven. 'Abraham, Abraham!' he said. 'Here I am,' he replied.
12. "Do not lay your hand on the boy," said the messenger. "Do not do the least thing to him. I know now how devoted you are to God, since you did not withhold from me your own beloved son."
12. 'Do not raise your hand against the boy,' the angel said. 'Do not harm him, for now I know you fear God. You have not refused me your own beloved son.'
13. As Abraham looked about, he spied a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So he went and took the ram and offered it up as a holocaust in place of his son.
13. Then looking up, Abraham saw a ram caught by its horns in a bush. Abraham took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
14. Abraham named the site Yahweh-yireh; hence people now say, "On the mountain the LORD will see."
14. Abraham called this place 'Yahweh provides', and hence the saying today: 'On the mountain Yahweh provides.'
15. Again the LORD'S messenger called to Abraham from heaven
15. The angel of Yahweh called Abraham a second time from heaven.
16. and said: "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you acted as you did in not withholding from me your beloved son,
16. 'I swear by my own self, Yahweh declares, that because you have done this, because you have not refused me your own beloved son,
17. I will bless you abundantly and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies,
17. I will shower blessings on you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will gain possession of the gates of their enemies.
18. and in your descendants all the nations of the earth shall find blessing--all this because you obeyed my command.''
18. All nations on earth will bless themselves by your descendants, because you have obeyed my command.'
19. Abraham then returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer-sheba, where Abraham made his home.
19. Abraham went back to his servants, and together they set out for Beersheba, and Abraham settled in Beersheba.
20. Some time afterward, the news came to Abraham: "Milcah too has borne sons, to your brother Nahor:
20. It happened some time later that Abraham received word that Milcah, too, had now borne sons to his brother Nahor:
21. Uz, his first-born, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
21. Uz his first-born, Buz his brother, Kemuel father of Aram,
22. Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."
22. Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, Bethuel
23. Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Abraham's brother Nahor.
23. (and Bethuel was the father of Rebekah). These were the eight children Milcah gave Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24. His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore children: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
24. He had a concubine named Reumah, and she too had children: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maacah.
