The Offering of Isaac

22 Now it happened 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 one, whom you love, Isaac, and ^(D)go forth to the land of ^(E)Moriah, and offer him there as a ^(F)burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” ³ So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. ⁴ On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from a distance. ⁵ And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there; and we will worship, and we will return to you.” ⁶ Then Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and ^(G)put it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.

⁷ Then Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the ^(H)lamb for the burnt offering?” ⁸ And Abraham said, “God will ^[a]provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

⁹ Then they came to ^(I)the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built ^(J)the altar there and arranged the wood and bound his son Isaac and ^(K)put him on the altar, on top of the wood. ¹⁰ And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. ¹¹ But ^(L)the angel of Yahweh called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” ¹² And He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the boy, and do nothing to him; for now ^(M)I know that you ^[b]fear God, since you have not withheld ^(N)your son, your only one, from Me.” ¹³ Then Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there was a ram after it had been caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering in the place of his son. ¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of that place ^[c]Yahweh Will Provide, as it is said this day, “In the mount of Yahweh ^(O)it will ^[d]be provided.”

¹⁵ Then the angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time from heaven, ¹⁶ and said, “^(P)By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, because you have done this thing and have not spared your son, your only one, ¹⁷ indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly ^(Q)multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as ^(R)the sand which is on the seashore; and ^(S)your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. ^18 (T)In your ^[e]seed all the nations of the earth shall ^[f]be blessed, because you have ^(U)listened to My voice.” ^19 (V)So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and walked together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived at Beersheba.

²⁰ Now it happened after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, “Behold, ^(W)Milcah ^[g]also has borne children to your brother Nahor: ²¹ Uz 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 ^[h]was the father of ^(X)Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. ²⁴ And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, ^[i]also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.