The Offering of Isaac
1
Now it
came about
after these things, that
God tested Abraham, and
said to him, "
Abraham !" And he
said,
"Here I am."
2
He
said,
"Take now your
son, your
only son,
whom you
love,
Isaac, and
go to the
land of
Moriah, and
offer him
there as a
burnt offering on
one of the
mountains of
which I will
tell you."
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3
So
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.
5
Abraham 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."
6
Abraham took the
wood of the
burnt offering and
laid it on
Isaac his
son, and he
took in his
hand the
fire and the
knife. So the
two of them
walked on
together.
7
Isaac 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
lamb for the
burnt offering ?"
8
Abraham said,
"God will
provide for Himself the
lamb for the
burnt offering, my
son." So the
two of them
walked on
together.
9
Then they
came to the
place of
which God had
told him; and
Abraham built the
altar there and
arranged the
wood, and
bound his
son Isaac and
laid him on the
altar, on
top of the
wood.
11
But the
angel of the
LORD called to him from
heaven and
said,
"Abraham,
Abraham !" And he
said,
"Here I am."
12
He
said, "Do not
stretch out your
hand against the
lad, and
do nothing * to him; for
now I
know that you
fear God, since you have not
withheld your
son, your
only son, from Me."
13
Then
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.
14
Abraham called the
name of that
place The
LORD Will
Provide, as it is
said to this
day, "In the
mount of the
LORD it will be
provided."
16
and
said, " By Myself I have
sworn,
declares the
LORD,
because * you have
done this thing and have not
withheld your
son, your
only son,
17
indeed I will
greatly bless you, and I will
greatly multiply your
seed as the
stars of the
heavens and as the
sand which is on the
seashore * ; and your
seed shall
possess the
gate of their
enemies.
18
" In your
seed all the
nations of the
earth shall be
blessed,
because * you have
obeyed My
voice."