Abraham offrar Isak

22 (A) En tid därefter satte Gud Abraham på prov. Han sade till honom: ”Abraham!” Han svarade: ”Ja, här är jag.” (B) Då sade han: ”Ta din son Isak, din ende son[a] som du älskar, och gå till Moria land[b] och offra honom[c] där som brännoffer på ett berg som jag ska visa dig.”

Tidigt nästa morgon sadlade Abraham sin åsna och tog med två av sina tjänare och sin son Isak. Sedan han huggit ved till brännoffer, gav han sig i väg mot platsen dit Gud hade sagt åt honom att gå. På tredje dagen lyfte Abraham blicken och fick se platsen på avstånd. Han sade då till sina tjänare: ”Stanna här med åsnan. Jag och pojken[d] går dit bort för att tillbe. Sedan kommer vi tillbaka till er.”

Abraham tog veden till brännoffret och lade den på sin son Isak. Själv tog han elden och kniven, och de gick båda tillsammans. Isak sade till sin far Abraham: ”Far!” Han svarade: ”Jag är här, min son.” Han sade: ”Vi har eld och ved, men var är lammet till brännoffret?” Abraham svarade: ”Gud kommer att utse åt sig lammet till brännoffret, min son.” Så fortsatte de sin vandring tillsammans.

När de kom fram till den plats som Gud hade sagt till Abraham, byggde han ett altare där och gjorde i ordning veden. Sedan band han sin son Isak[e] och lade honom på altaret ovanpå veden. 10 Och Abraham räckte ut handen och tog kniven för att slakta sin son.

11 Då ropade Herrens ängel till honom från himlen: ”Abraham! Abraham!” Han svarade: ”Jag är här.” 12 (C) Då sade han: ”Lyft inte din hand mot pojken och gör inte något mot honom. Nu vet jag att du fruktar Gud, när du inte ens har undanhållit mig din ende son.”

13 Abraham såg sig omkring och fick då syn på en bagge bakom sig som hade fastnat med hornen i ett snår. Abraham gick dit och tog baggen och offrade den som brännoffer i stället för sin son. 14 Och Abraham kallade platsen Herren förser[f]. I dag säger man: Berget där Herren förser.

15 Herrens ängel ropade igen till Abraham från himlen: 16 (D) ”Jag svär vid mig själv, säger Herren: Eftersom du har gjort detta och inte undanhållit mig din ende son, 17 (E) ska jag välsigna dig rikligt och göra dina efterkommande talrika som stjärnorna på himlen och som sanden på havets strand, och din avkomma ska inta sina fienders portar. 18 (F) I din avkomma ska jordens alla folk bli välsignade, [g] därför att du lyssnade till min röst.”

19 Sedan vände Abraham tillbaka till sina tjänare, och de bröt upp och gick tillsammans till Beer-Sheba. Och Abraham bodde i Beer-Sheba.

Nahors släkttavla

20 (G) Sedan berättade man för Abraham och sade: Också Milka har fött barn åt din bror Nahor: 21 Us, hans förstfödde, och Bus, hans bror, och Kemuel, Arams far, 22 samt Kesed, Haso, Pildash, Jidlaf och Betuel. 23 Betuel blev far till Rebecka. Dessa åtta födde Milka åt Abrahams bror Nahor. 24 Hans bihustru, som hette Reuma, födde Teba, Gaham, Tahash och Maaka.

Footnotes

  1. 22:2 ende son   Hebr. jachíd översätts i NT med ”enfödd” (jfr Hebr 11:17, Joh 3:16).
  2. 22:2 Moria land … berg   Tempelberget strax norr om Jerusalem enligt 2 Krön 3:1.
  3. 22:2 offra honom   Barnoffer förekom i andra folks kulter (särskilt bland fenicier och ammoniter, 2 Kung 3:27) men förbjöds strängt av Herren (3 Mos 20:2f, Jer 32:35).
  4. 22:5 pojken   Hebr. náar syftar på någon, ung eller gammal, som står under familjefaderns auktoritet (jfr not till Matt 8:6). Enligt judisk tradition var Isak vuxen (37 år i 23:1).
  5. 22:9 band … Isak   Judisk tradition har betonat att Isak frivilligt lät sig bindas som ett offer till Gud. Det är en förebild till hur Kristus, Abrahams son (Matt 1:1), lät sig offras på korset (jfr Joh 10:18).
  6. 22:14 Herren förser   Där Herren skänker välsignelse (jfr Ps 36:9, 133:3). Annan översättning: ”HERREN utser” (templets plats, Ps 132:13), ”HERREN ser” (den som ber, 1 Kung 9:3) eller ”HERREN blir sedd” (uppenbarar sig, så Septuaginta, jfr Mal 3:1).
  7. 22:18 I din avkomma … välsignade   Här upprepas löftet om frälsning för alla folk (jfr 12:3, Gal 3:8). Versen citeras som profetia om Kristus av Petrus i Apg 3:25 och Paulus i Gal 3:16.

22 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

Abraham Tested

22 Some time later God tested(A) Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”

“Here I am,”(B) he replied.

Then God said, “Take your son(C), your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah.(D) Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering(E) on a mountain I will show you.(F)

Early the next morning(G) Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.(H)

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac,(I) and he himself carried the fire and the knife.(J) As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”

“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.

“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb(K) for the burnt offering?”

Abraham answered, “God himself will provide(L) the lamb(M) for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

When they reached the place God had told him about,(N) Abraham built an altar(O) there and arranged the wood(P) on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar,(Q) on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife(R) to slay his son.(S) 11 But the angel of the Lord(T) called out to him from heaven,(U) “Abraham! Abraham!”(V)

“Here I am,”(W) he replied.

12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God,(X) because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.(Y)

13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[a] caught by its horns.(Z) He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.(AA) 14 So Abraham called(AB) that place The Lord(AC) Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.(AD)

15 The angel of the Lord(AE) called to Abraham from heaven(AF) a second time 16 and said, “I swear by myself,(AG) declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,(AH) 17 I will surely bless you(AI) and make your descendants(AJ) as numerous as the stars in the sky(AK) and as the sand on the seashore.(AL) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(AM) 18 and through your offspring[b] all nations on earth will be blessed,[c](AN) because you have obeyed me.”(AO)

19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba.(AP) And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

Nahor’s Sons

20 Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:(AQ) 21 Uz(AR) the firstborn, Buz(AS) his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram), 22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.(AT) 23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.(AU) Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.(AV) 24 His concubine,(AW) whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:13 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind him
  2. Genesis 22:18 Or seed
  3. Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

Abraham offrar Isak

22 (A) En tid därefter satte Gud Abraham på prov. Han sade till honom: ”Abraham!” Han svarade: ”Ja, här är jag.” (B) Då sade han: ”Ta din son Isak, din ende son[a] som du älskar, och gå till Moria land[b] och offra honom[c] där som brännoffer på ett berg som jag ska visa dig.”

Tidigt nästa morgon sadlade Abraham sin åsna och tog med två av sina tjänare och sin son Isak. Sedan han huggit ved till brännoffer, gav han sig i väg mot platsen dit Gud hade sagt åt honom att gå. På tredje dagen lyfte Abraham blicken och fick se platsen på avstånd. Han sade då till sina tjänare: ”Stanna här med åsnan. Jag och pojken[d] går dit bort för att tillbe. Sedan kommer vi tillbaka till er.”

Abraham tog veden till brännoffret och lade den på sin son Isak. Själv tog han elden och kniven, och de gick båda tillsammans. Isak sade till sin far Abraham: ”Far!” Han svarade: ”Jag är här, min son.” Han sade: ”Vi har eld och ved, men var är lammet till brännoffret?” Abraham svarade: ”Gud kommer att utse åt sig lammet till brännoffret, min son.” Så fortsatte de sin vandring tillsammans.

När de kom fram till den plats som Gud hade sagt till Abraham, byggde han ett altare där och gjorde i ordning veden. Sedan band han sin son Isak[e] och lade honom på altaret ovanpå veden. 10 Och Abraham räckte ut handen och tog kniven för att slakta sin son.

11 Då ropade Herrens ängel till honom från himlen: ”Abraham! Abraham!” Han svarade: ”Jag är här.” 12 (C) Då sade han: ”Lyft inte din hand mot pojken och gör inte något mot honom. Nu vet jag att du fruktar Gud, när du inte ens har undanhållit mig din ende son.”

13 Abraham såg sig omkring och fick då syn på en bagge bakom sig som hade fastnat med hornen i ett snår. Abraham gick dit och tog baggen och offrade den som brännoffer i stället för sin son. 14 Och Abraham kallade platsen Herren förser[f]. I dag säger man: Berget där Herren förser.

15 Herrens ängel ropade igen till Abraham från himlen: 16 (D) ”Jag svär vid mig själv, säger Herren: Eftersom du har gjort detta och inte undanhållit mig din ende son, 17 (E) ska jag välsigna dig rikligt och göra dina efterkommande talrika som stjärnorna på himlen och som sanden på havets strand, och din avkomma ska inta sina fienders portar. 18 (F) I din avkomma ska jordens alla folk bli välsignade, [g] därför att du lyssnade till min röst.”

19 Sedan vände Abraham tillbaka till sina tjänare, och de bröt upp och gick tillsammans till Beer-Sheba. Och Abraham bodde i Beer-Sheba.

Nahors släkttavla

20 (G) Sedan berättade man för Abraham och sade: Också Milka har fött barn åt din bror Nahor: 21 Us, hans förstfödde, och Bus, hans bror, och Kemuel, Arams far, 22 samt Kesed, Haso, Pildash, Jidlaf och Betuel. 23 Betuel blev far till Rebecka. Dessa åtta födde Milka åt Abrahams bror Nahor. 24 Hans bihustru, som hette Reuma, födde Teba, Gaham, Tahash och Maaka.

Footnotes

  1. 22:2 ende son   Hebr. jachíd översätts i NT med ”enfödd” (jfr Hebr 11:17, Joh 3:16).
  2. 22:2 Moria land … berg   Tempelberget strax norr om Jerusalem enligt 2 Krön 3:1.
  3. 22:2 offra honom   Barnoffer förekom i andra folks kulter (särskilt bland fenicier och ammoniter, 2 Kung 3:27) men förbjöds strängt av Herren (3 Mos 20:2f, Jer 32:35).
  4. 22:5 pojken   Hebr. náar syftar på någon, ung eller gammal, som står under familjefaderns auktoritet (jfr not till Matt 8:6). Enligt judisk tradition var Isak vuxen (37 år i 23:1).
  5. 22:9 band … Isak   Judisk tradition har betonat att Isak frivilligt lät sig bindas som ett offer till Gud. Det är en förebild till hur Kristus, Abrahams son (Matt 1:1), lät sig offras på korset (jfr Joh 10:18).
  6. 22:14 Herren förser   Där Herren skänker välsignelse (jfr Ps 36:9, 133:3). Annan översättning: ”HERREN utser” (templets plats, Ps 132:13), ”HERREN ser” (den som ber, 1 Kung 9:3) eller ”HERREN blir sedd” (uppenbarar sig, så Septuaginta, jfr Mal 3:1).
  7. 22:18 I din avkomma … välsignade   Här upprepas löftet om frälsning för alla folk (jfr 12:3, Gal 3:8). Versen citeras som profetia om Kristus av Petrus i Apg 3:25 och Paulus i Gal 3:16.

22 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

Abraham Tested

22 Some time later God tested(A) Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”

“Here I am,”(B) he replied.

Then God said, “Take your son(C), your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah.(D) Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering(E) on a mountain I will show you.(F)

Early the next morning(G) Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.(H)

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac,(I) and he himself carried the fire and the knife.(J) As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”

“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.

“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb(K) for the burnt offering?”

Abraham answered, “God himself will provide(L) the lamb(M) for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

When they reached the place God had told him about,(N) Abraham built an altar(O) there and arranged the wood(P) on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar,(Q) on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife(R) to slay his son.(S) 11 But the angel of the Lord(T) called out to him from heaven,(U) “Abraham! Abraham!”(V)

“Here I am,”(W) he replied.

12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God,(X) because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.(Y)

13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[a] caught by its horns.(Z) He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.(AA) 14 So Abraham called(AB) that place The Lord(AC) Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.(AD)

15 The angel of the Lord(AE) called to Abraham from heaven(AF) a second time 16 and said, “I swear by myself,(AG) declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,(AH) 17 I will surely bless you(AI) and make your descendants(AJ) as numerous as the stars in the sky(AK) and as the sand on the seashore.(AL) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(AM) 18 and through your offspring[b] all nations on earth will be blessed,[c](AN) because you have obeyed me.”(AO)

19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba.(AP) And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

Nahor’s Sons

20 Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:(AQ) 21 Uz(AR) the firstborn, Buz(AS) his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram), 22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.(AT) 23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.(AU) Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.(AV) 24 His concubine,(AW) whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:13 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind him
  2. Genesis 22:18 Or seed
  3. Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)