Genesis, 22

1. It happened some time later that God put Abraham to the test. 'Abraham, Abraham!' he called. 'Here I am,' he replied.

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

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.'

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. 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.

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. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

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

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.'

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. 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.

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. 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?'

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. Abraham replied, 'My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.' And the two of them went on together.

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

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.

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. Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.

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

11. But the angel of Yahweh called to him from heaven. 'Abraham, Abraham!' he said. 'Here I am,' he replied.

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

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.'

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. 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.

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. Abraham called this place 'Yahweh provides', and hence the saying today: 'On the mountain Yahweh provides.'

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. The angel of Yahweh called Abraham a second time from heaven.

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

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,

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. 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.

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. All nations on earth will bless themselves by your descendants, because you have obeyed my command.'

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

19. Abraham went back to his servants, and together they set out for Beersheba, and Abraham settled in Beersheba.

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

20. It happened some time later that Abraham received word that Milcah, too, had now borne sons to his brother Nahor:

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

21. Uz his first-born, Buz his brother, Kemuel father of Aram,

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

22. Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, Bethuel

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

23. (and Bethuel was the father of Rebekah). These were the eight children Milcah gave Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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

24. He had a concubine named Reumah, and she too had children: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maacah.

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