| 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham. And he said, Here am I. 2 And he
said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get
thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt-offering upon
one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 And Abraham rose early
in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him,
and Isaac his son. And he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up,
and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said
unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go
yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the
wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son. And he took in
his hand the fire and the knife. And they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father. And he
said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood. But
where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? 8 And Abraham said, God will
provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son. So they went both of
them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built
the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and
laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his
hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of Jehovah
called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here
I am. 12 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou
anything unto him. For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. 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 in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of
that place Jehovah-jireh. As it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah
it shall be provided. 15 And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a
second time out of heaven, 16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith
Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son, 17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying
I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which
is upon the seashore. And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Because
thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and
they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at
Beer-sheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto they brother Nahor.
21 Uz his first-born, 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, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah,
and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
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