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1 After these events, God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" Abraham answered, "I'm here."
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After all this, God tested Abraham. God said, "Abraham!" "Yes?" answered Abraham. "I'm listening."
2 God said, "Take your son, your only son whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him up as an entirely burned offering there on one of the mountains that I will show you."
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He said, "Take your dear son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll point out to you."
3 Abraham got up early in the morning, harnessed his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, together with his son Isaac. He split the wood for the entirely burned offering, set out, and went to the place God had described to him.
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Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants and his son Isaac. He had split wood for the burnt offering. He set out for the place God had directed him.
4 On the third day, Abraham looked up and saw the place at a distance.
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On the third day he looked up and saw the place in the distance.
5 Abraham said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will walk up there, worship, and then come back to you."
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Abraham told his two young servants, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I are going over there to worship; then we'll come back to you."
6 Abraham took the wood for the entirely burned offering and laid it on his son Isaac. He took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them walked on together.
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Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and gave it to Isaac his son to carry. He carried the flint and the knife. The two of them went off together.
7 Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father?" Abraham said, "I'm here, my son." Isaac said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the entirely burned offering?"
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Isaac said to Abraham his father, "Father?" "Yes, my son." "We have flint and wood, but where's the sheep for the burnt offering?"
8 Abraham said, "The lamb for the entirely burned offering? God will see to it, my son." The two of them walked on together.
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Abraham said, "Son, God will see to it that there's a sheep for the burnt offering." And they kept on walking together.
9 They arrived at the place God had described to him. Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He tied up his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
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They arrived at the place to which God had directed him. Abraham built an altar. He laid out the wood. Then he tied up Isaac and laid him on the wood.
10 Then Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice.
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Abraham reached out and took the knife to kill his son.
11 But the LORD's messenger called out to Abraham from heaven, "Abraham? Abraham?" Abraham said, "I'm here."
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Just then an angel of God called to him out of Heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Yes, I'm listening."
12 The messenger said, "Don't stretch out your hand against the young man, and don't do anything to him. I now know that you revere God and didn't hold back your son, your only son, from me."
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"Don't lay a hand on that boy! Don't touch him! Now I know how fearlessly you fear God; you didn't hesitate to place your son, your dear son, on the altar for me."
13 Abraham looked up and saw a single ram caught by its horns in the dense underbrush. Abraham went over, took the ram, and offered it as an entirely burned offering instead of his son.
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Abraham looked up. He saw a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
14 Abraham named that place “the LORD sees.” That is the reason people today say, "On this mountain the LORD is seen."
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Abraham named that place God-Yireh (God-Sees-to-It). That's where we get the saying, "On the mountain of God, he sees to it."
15 The LORD's messenger called out to Abraham from heaven a second time
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The angel of God spoke from Heaven a second time to Abraham:
16 and said, "I give my word as the LORD that because you did this and didn't hold back your son, your only son,
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"I swear - God's sure word! - because you have gone through with this, and have not refused to give me your son, your dear, dear son,
17 I will bless you richly and I will give you countless descendants, as many as the stars in the sky and as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies' cities.
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I'll bless you - oh, how I'll bless you! And I'll make sure that your children flourish - like stars in the sky! like sand on the beaches! And your descendants will defeat their enemies.
18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed because of your descendants, because you obeyed me."
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All nations on Earth will find themselves blessed through your descendants because you obeyed me."
19 After Abraham returned to the young men, they got up and went to Beer-sheba where Abraham lived.
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Then Abraham went back to his young servants. They got things together and returned to Beersheba. Abraham settled down in Beersheba.
20 After these events, Abraham was told: "Milcah has now also given birth to sons for your brother Nahor.
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After all this, Abraham got the news: "Your brother Nahor is a father! Milcah has given him children:
21 They are Uz his oldest son, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
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Uz, his firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (he was the father of Aram),
22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."
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Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."
23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These are the eight Milcah bore for Nahor, Abraham's brother.
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(Bethuel was the father of Rebekah.) Milcah gave these eight sons to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 His secondary wife's name was Reumah, and she gave birth to Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
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His concubine, Reumah, gave him four more children: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.