Genesis 22
The Sacrifice of Isaac
1 After these things God tested Abraham a and said to him, “Abraham!”“Here I am,” he answered. 2 “Take your son,” He said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, b go to the land of Moriah, c and offer him there as a ▼▼burnt offering(s): Or holocaust, an offering completely burned to ashes; it was used in connection with worship, seeking God's favor, expiating sin, or averting judgment.
burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” 3So Abraham got up early in the morning, e saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about. 4On the third day f Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there to worship; then we’ll come back to you.” 6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac. g In his hand he took the fire and the sacrificial knife, ▼ and the two of them walked on together. 7Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, “My father.”And he replied, “Here I am, my son.”Isaac said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” 8 Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide ▼▼Lit see
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j the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” Then the two of them walked on together. 9When they arrived at the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac ▼▼Or Isaac hand and foot
and placed him on the altar l on top of the wood. 10Then Abraham reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son. 11But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”He replied, “Here I am.” 12Then He said, “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you ▼▼fear(s) God or the Lord/ the fear of the Lord: No single English word conveys every aspect of the word fear in this phrase. The meaning includes worshipful submission, reverential awe, and obedient respect to the covenant-keeping God of Israel.
fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from Me.” n 13 Abraham looked up and saw a ram ▼▼Some Hb mss, Sam, LXX, Syr, Tg; other Hb mss read saw behind [him] a ram
caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14And Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, ▼▼Or Yahweh-yireh
so today it is said: “It will be provided ▼▼Or He will be seen
on the Lord’s mountain.” 15Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven 16and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” r this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, ▼▼Sam, LXX, Syr, Vg add from Me
17I will indeed bless you t and make your ▼▼offspring/ seed: This term is used literally or metaphorically to refer to plants or grain, sowing or harvest, male reproductive seed, human children or physical descendants, and also to spiritual children or to Christ (G13:16).
offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky v and the sand on the seashore. w Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies. x 18And all the nations of the earth will be blessed ▼▼Or will bless themselves, or will find blessing
by your offspring z because you have obeyed My command.” 19 Abraham went back to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham settled in Beer-sheba. Rebekah’s Family
20 Now after these things Abraham was told, “Milcah also has borne sons to your brother Nahor: aa 21 Uz his firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” 23And Bethuel fathered Rebekah. ab Milcah bore these eight to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
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