¹After these things , God tested Abraham, and said to him , “Abraham!”

He said , “Here I am .”

²He said, “Now take your son , your only son , Isaac , whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah . Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of .”

³Abraham rose early in the morning , and saddled his donkey ; and took two of his young men with him , and Isaac his son . He split the wood for the burnt offering , and rose up , and went to the place of which God had told him .

⁴On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes , and saw the place far off .

⁵Abraham said to his young men , “Stay here with the donkey . The boy and I will go over there . We will worship , and come back to you .”

⁶Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son . He took in his hand the fire and the knife . They both went together .

⁷Isaac spoke to Abraham his father , and said, “My father ?”

He said, “Here I am, my son .”

He said, “Here is the fire and the wood , but where is the lamb for a burnt offering ?”

⁸Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering , my son .” So they both went together .

⁹They came to the place which God had told him of . Abraham built the altar there , and laid the wood in order , bound Isaac his son , and laid him on the altar , on the wood .

¹⁰Abraham stretched out his hand , and took the knife to kill his son .

¹¹The LORD ’s angel called to him out of the sky , and said , “Abraham, Abraham!”

He said , “Here I am .”

¹²He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him . For now I know that you fear God , since you have not withheld your son , your only son , from me .”

¹³Abraham lifted up his eyes , and looked , and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns . Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son .

¹⁴Abraham called the name of that place “The LORD Will Provide ”. As it is said to this day , “On the LORD ’s mountain , it will be provided .”[#22:14 or, the Jireh, or, the Seeing]

¹⁵The LORD ’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky ,

¹⁶and said , “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says the LORD , ‘because you have done this thing , and have not withheld your son , your only son ,

¹⁷that I will bless you greatly , and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens , and like the sand which is on the seashore . Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.

¹⁸All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring , because you have obeyed my voice .’”

¹⁹So Abraham returned to his young men , and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

²⁰After these things , Abraham was told , “Behold , Milcah , she also has borne children to your brother Nahor :

²¹Uz his firstborn , Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

²²Chesed , Hazo , Pildash , Jidlaph , and Bethuel .”

²³Bethuel became the father of Rebekah . These eight Milcah bore to Nahor , Abraham’s brother.

²⁴His concubine , whose name was Reumah , also bore Tebah , Gaham , Tahash , and Maacah .