The Sacrifice of Isaac

22 After these things ^(A)God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

² And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you ^(A)these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, ^(B)testing you ^(C)to know what was in your heart, ^(D)whether you would keep his commandments or not.

3 ^(A)Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan.

³¹ And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, ^(A)who had been sent to him to inquire about ^(B)the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, ^(C)in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.