^22:1 And it happened after these things, that God proved Abraham and said to him, Abraham. And he said, Behold, here I am. ^22:2 And he said, Take your son now, your only son, Isaac, whom you love and go into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you of.

    ^22:3 And Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son. And he split the wood for the burnt-offering and rose up and went to the place of which God had told him. ^22:4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off. ^22:5 And Abraham said to his young men, You^* abide here with the donkey and I and the lad will go over there and we will worship and come back again to you^*.

    ^22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering and laid it upon Isaac his son. And he took the fire and the knife in his hand. And both of them went together.

    ^22:7 And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, My father.

    And he said, Behold, here I am, my son.

    And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? ^22:8 And Abraham said, God himself will see to the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son. So they went both of them together.

    ^22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. ^22:10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.

    ^22:11 And the messenger of Jehovah called to him out of heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham.

    And he said, Behold, here I am.

    ^22:12 And he said, Do not lay your hand upon the lad, neither do you anything to him. Because now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.

    ^22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt-offering instead of his son. ^22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh {Jehovah Sees}. As it is said to this day, It will be provided in the mountain of Jehovah.

    ^22:15 And the messenger of Jehovah called to Abraham a second time out of heaven ^22:16 and said, I have sworn by myself, says Jehovah, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son, ^22:17 that in blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is upon the sea _shore and your seed will possess the gate of his enemies ^22:18 and all the nations of the earth will bless themselves in your seed, because you have obeyed my voice.

    ^22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men. And they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. ^22:20 And it happened after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she has also borne sons to your brother Nahor: ^22:21 Uz his first born and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram, ^22:22 and Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel. ^22:23 And Bethuel fathered Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. ^22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.