Gen 22:1-10 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now it came about after these things , that God tested Abraham , and said to him, “ Abraham !” And he said , “ Here I am.”

Genesis 22:1-10

The Offering of Isaac

1 Now it came about after these things, that ^aGod tested Abraham, and said to him, “ ^bAbraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 Then He said, “Take now ^cyour son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of ^dMoriah, and offer him there as a ^eburnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” 3 So Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance. 5 Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go over there; and we will worship and return to you.” 6 And Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and ^flaid it on his son Isaac, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. 7 Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the ^glamb for the burnt offering?” 8 Abraham said, “God will ^{▼▼Lit see}provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

9 Then they came to ⁱthe place of which God had told him; and Abraham built ^jthe altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and ^klaid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 And Abraham reached out with his hand and took the knife to ^{▼▼I.e., following prescribed ritual}slaughter his son.