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1 Some time later God tested Abraham; he called to him, "Abraham!" And Abraham answered, "Yes, here I am!"
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It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
2 "Take your son," God said, "your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me."
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He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."
3 Early the next morning Abraham cut some wood for the sacrifice, loaded his donkey, and took Isaac and two servants with him. They started out for the place that God had told him about.
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Abraham 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.
4 On the third day Abraham saw the place in the distance.
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On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
5 Then he said to the servants, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there and worship, and then we will come back to you."
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Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you.
6 Abraham made Isaac carry the wood for the sacrifice, and he himself carried a knife and live coals for starting the fire. As they walked along together,
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Abraham 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.
7 Isaac spoke up, "Father!" He answered, "Yes, my son?" Isaac asked, "I see that you have the coals and the wood, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?"
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Isaac 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?"
8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide one." And the two of them walked on together.
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Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.
9 When they came to the place which God had told him about, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. He tied up his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.
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They 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.
10 Then he picked up the knife to kill him.
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Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" He answered, "Yes, here I am."
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The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
12 "Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him," he said. "Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him."
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He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
13 Abraham looked around and saw a ram caught in a bush by its horns. He went and got it and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
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Abraham 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.
14 Abraham named that place "The Lord Provides." And even today people say, "On the Lord's mountain he provides."
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Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh-jireh. As it is said to this day, "In Yahweh's mountain it will be provided.
15 The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
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The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
16 "I make a vow by my own name - the Lord is speaking - that I will richly bless you. Because you did this and did not keep back your only son from me,
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and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17 I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
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that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
18 All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants - all because you obeyed my command."
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In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
19 Abraham went back to his servants, and they went together to Beersheba, where Abraham settled.
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So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
20 Some time later Abraham learned that Milcah had borne eight children to his brother Nahor:
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It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
21 Uz the first-born, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
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Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel,
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Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."
23 Rebecca's father. Milcah bore these eight sons to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
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Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 Reumah, Nahor's concubine, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
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His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bare Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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