Genesis 22
Revised Geneva Translation
22 And after these things God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham.” Who answered, “Here I am.”
2 And He said, “Take now your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and get to the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will show you.”
3 Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him and Isaac, his son. And he split wood for the burnt offering and rose up and went to the place which God had told him.
4 Then, the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from a distance,
5 and said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey. The child and I will go yonder and worship and return to you.”
6 Then Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it upon Isaac, his son. And he took the fire in his hand and the knife. And they both went together.
7 Then Isaac spoke to Abraham, his father, and said, “My father.” And he answered, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 Then Abraham answered, “My son, God will provide a lamb for a burnt offering.” So, they both went together.
9 And when they came to the place which God had shown him, Abraham built an altar there. And he arranged the wood and bound Isaac, his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
10 And Abraham, stretching forth his hand, took the knife to kill his son.
11 But the Angel of the LORD called to him from Heaven, saying, “Abraham! Abraham!” And he answered, “Here I am.”
12 Then he said, “Do not lay your hand upon the child, nor do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not spared your only son for My sake.”
13 And Abraham, lifting up his eyes, looked. And behold, there was a ram behind him, caught by the horns in a bush. Then Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place, Jehovah Jireh (as it is said this day, “On the mount will the LORD be seen.”).
15 And the Angel of the LORD cried to Abraham from Heaven a second time,
16 and said, “I have sworn by Myself (says the LORD) because you have done this thing and have not spared your only son.
17 “Therefore, I will surely bless you, and will greatly multiply your seed, as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.
18 “And in your seed shall all the nations of the Earth be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
19 Then Abraham returned to his servants; and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20 And after these things, one told Abraham, saying, “Behold Milcah. She has also born children to your brother, Nahor:
21 Huz, his eldest son, 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 did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24 And his concubine (called Reumah) also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash and Maachah.
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