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| 1After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” | 1Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. |
| 2He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” | 2“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.” |
| 3So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, 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. | 3So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated. |
| 4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. | 4On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. |
| 5Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.” | 5“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.” |
| 6And 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. | 6Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together. |
| 7And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” | 7Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” |
| 8Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. | 8Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together. |
| 9When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. | 9When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood. |
| 10Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. | 10Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. |
| 11But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” | 11Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. |
| 12He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy 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.” | 12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.” |
| 13And 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. | 13Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. |
| 14So 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.” | 14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.” |
| 15And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven | 15And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time, |
| 16and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, | 16saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, |
| 17I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, | 17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. |
| 18and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.” | 18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” |
| 19So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba. | 19Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba. |
| 20Now after these things it was told to Abraham, “Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: | 20Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor: |
| 21Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, | 21Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram), |
| 22Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” | 22Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” |
| 23(Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. | 23And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor. |
| 24Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah. | 24Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah. |
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