Genesis 22

The Offering of Isaac

1Now it came about after these things, that 1God tested Abraham, and said to him, “2Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2He said, “Take now 3your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of 4Moriah, and offer him there as a 5burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” 3So 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 wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 4On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance. 5Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you.” 6Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and 6laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. 7Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the 7lamb for the burnt offering?” 8Abraham said, “God will 8provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

9Then they came to 9the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built 10the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and 11laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11But 12the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 12He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now 13I know that you 14fear God, since you have not withheld 15your son, your only son, from Me.” 13Then Abraham raised 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 place of his son. 14Abraham called the name of that place 16The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the Lord 17it will 18be provided.”

15Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, 16and said, “19By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly 20multiply your 21seed as the stars of the heavens and as 22the sand which is on the seashore; and 23your 24seed shall possess the gate of 25their enemies. 1826In your 27seed all the nations of the earth shall 28be blessed, because you have 29obeyed My voice.” 1930So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived at Beersheba.

20Now it came about after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, “Behold, 31Milcah 32also has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram 22and Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel.” 23Bethuel 33became the father of 34Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24His concubine, whose name was Reumah, 35also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.