The Offering of Isaac

22 Now it came about after these things, that ^(A)God tested Abraham, and said to him, “^(B)Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” ² Then He said, “Take now ^(C)your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of ^(D)Moriah, and offer him there as a ^(E)burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”

⁹ Then they came to ^(A)the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built ^(B)the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and ^(C)laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. ¹⁰ And Abraham reached out with his hand and took the knife to ^[a]slaughter his son. ¹¹ But ^(D)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 reach out your hand against the boy, and do not do anything to him; for now ^(E)I know that you ^[b]fear God, since you have not withheld ^(F)your son, your only son, from Me.” ¹³ Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in the place of his son. ¹⁴ And Abraham named that place ^[c]The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “On the mountain of the Lord ^(G)it will ^[d]be provided.”

¹⁵ Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, ¹⁶ and said, “^(H)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 ^(I)multiply your ^[e]seed as the stars of the heavens and as ^(J)the sand, which is on the seashore; and ^(K)your ^[f]seed shall possess the gate of ^[g]their enemies. ¹⁸ And ^(L)in your ^[h]seed all the nations of the earth shall ^[i]be blessed, because you have ^(M)obeyed My voice.”