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Sacrificio d'Isacco

22 (A)Dopo queste cose, Dio mise alla prova *Abraamo e gli disse: «Abraamo!» Egli rispose: «Eccomi». E Dio disse: «Prendi ora tuo figlio, il tuo unico, colui che ami, *Isacco, e va' nel paese di Moria, e offrilo là in olocausto sopra uno dei monti che ti dirò».

Abraamo si alzò la mattina di buon'ora, sellò il suo asino, prese con sé due suoi servi e suo figlio Isacco, spaccò della legna per l'olocausto, poi partí verso il luogo che Dio gli aveva indicato.

Il terzo giorno, Abraamo alzò gli occhi e vide da lontano il luogo. Allora Abraamo disse ai suoi servi: «Rimanete qui con l'asino; io e il ragazzo andremo fin là e adoreremo; poi torneremo da voi». Abraamo prese la legna per l'olocausto e la mise addosso a Isacco suo figlio, prese in mano il fuoco e il coltello, poi proseguirono tutti e due insieme. Isacco parlò ad Abraamo suo padre e disse: «Padre mio!» Abraamo rispose: «Eccomi qui, figlio mio». E Isacco: «Ecco il fuoco e la legna; ma dov'è l'agnello per l'olocausto?» Abraamo rispose: «Figlio mio, Dio stesso si provvederà l'agnello per l'olocausto». E proseguirono tutti e due insieme.

Giunsero al luogo che Dio gli aveva detto. Abraamo costruí l'altare e vi accomodò la legna; legò Isacco suo figlio, e lo mise sull'altare, sopra la legna. 10 Abraamo stese la mano e prese il coltello per scannare suo figlio. 11 Ma l'angelo del Signore lo chiamò dal cielo e disse: «Abraamo, Abraamo!» Egli rispose: «Eccomi». 12 E l'angelo: «Non stendere la mano contro il ragazzo e non fargli male! Ora so che tu temi Dio, poiché non mi hai rifiutato tuo figlio, l'unico tuo». 13 Abraamo alzò gli occhi, guardò, ed ecco dietro a sé un montone, impigliato per le corna in un cespuglio. Abraamo andò, prese il montone e l'offerse in olocausto invece di suo figlio. 14 Abraamo chiamò quel luogo «Iavè-Irè[a]». Per questo si dice oggi: «Al monte del Signore sarà provveduto».

15 L'angelo del Signore chiamò dal cielo Abraamo una seconda volta, e disse: 16 «Io giuro per me stesso, dice il Signore, che, siccome tu hai fatto questo e non mi hai rifiutato tuo figlio, l'unico tuo, 17 io ti colmerò di benedizioni e moltiplicherò la tua discendenza[b] come le stelle del cielo e come la sabbia che è sul lido del mare; e la tua discendenza s'impadronirà delle città dei suoi nemici. 18 Tutte le nazioni della terra saranno benedette nella tua discendenza[c], perché tu hai ubbidito alla mia voce».

19 Poi Abraamo tornò dai suoi servi. Essi si levarono e insieme andarono a Beer-Sceba. E Abraamo abitò a Beer-Sceba.

20 (B)Dopo queste cose fu riferito ad Abraamo questo: Ecco, Milca ha partorito anch'ella dei figli a Naor, tuo fratello: 21 Uz, il primogenito, Buz, suo fratello, 22 Chemuel padre d'Aram, Chesed, Azo, Pildas, Idlaf e Betuel.

23 E Betuel generò *Rebecca. Questi otto Milca partorí a Naor, fratello d'Abraamo. 24 E la concubina di lui, che si chiamava Reuma, partorí anch'essa Teba, Gaam, Taas e Maaca.

Footnotes

  1. Genesi 22:14 Iavè-Irè, lett. Yhwh vede (provvede).
  2. Genesi 22:17 +Eb 6:14.
  3. Genesi 22:18 Ge 12:3.

Sacrificio d’Isacco

22 (A)Dopo queste cose, Dio mise alla prova Abraamo e gli disse: «Abraamo!» Egli rispose: «Eccomi». E Dio disse: «Prendi ora tuo figlio, il tuo unico, colui che ami, Isacco, e va’ nel paese di Moria, e offrilo là in olocausto sopra uno dei monti che ti dirò».

Abraamo si alzò la mattina di buon’ora, sellò il suo asino, prese con sé due suoi servi e suo figlio Isacco, spaccò della legna per l’olocausto, poi partì verso il luogo che Dio gli aveva indicato.

Il terzo giorno Abraamo alzò gli occhi e vide da lontano il luogo. Allora Abraamo disse ai suoi servi: «Rimanete qui con l’asino; io e il ragazzo andremo fin là e adoreremo; poi torneremo da voi». Abraamo prese la legna per l’olocausto e la mise addosso a Isacco suo figlio, prese in mano il fuoco e il coltello, poi proseguirono tutti e due insieme. Isacco parlò ad Abraamo suo padre e disse: «Padre mio!» Abraamo rispose: «Eccomi qui, figlio mio». E Isacco: «Ecco il fuoco e la legna; ma dov’è l’agnello per l’olocausto?» Abraamo rispose: «Figlio mio, Dio stesso si provvederà l’agnello per l’olocausto». E proseguirono tutti e due insieme.

Giunsero al luogo che Dio gli aveva detto. Abraamo costruì l’altare e vi accomodò la legna; legò Isacco suo figlio e lo mise sull’altare, sopra la legna. 10 Abraamo stese la mano e prese il coltello per scannare suo figlio. 11 Ma l’angelo del Signore lo chiamò dal cielo e disse: «Abraamo, Abraamo!» Egli rispose: «Eccomi». 12 E l’angelo: «Non stendere la mano contro il ragazzo e non fargli male! Ora so che tu temi Dio, poiché non mi hai rifiutato tuo figlio, l’unico tuo». 13 Abraamo alzò gli occhi, guardò, ed ecco dietro a sé un montone, impigliato per le corna in un cespuglio. Abraamo andò, prese il montone e l’offerse in olocausto invece di suo figlio. 14 Abraamo chiamò quel luogo «Iavè-Irè[a]». Per questo si dice oggi: «Al monte del Signore sarà provveduto».

15 L’angelo del Signore chiamò dal cielo Abraamo una seconda volta e disse: 16 «Io giuro per me stesso», dice il Signore, «che, siccome tu hai fatto questo e non mi hai rifiutato tuo figlio, l’unico tuo, 17 io ti colmerò di benedizioni e moltiplicherò la tua discendenza[b] come le stelle del cielo e come la sabbia che è sul lido del mare; e la tua discendenza s’impadronirà delle città dei suoi nemici. 18 Tutte le nazioni della terra saranno benedette nella tua discendenza[c], perché tu hai ubbidito alla mia voce».

19 Poi Abraamo tornò dai suoi servi. Essi si levarono e insieme andarono a Beer-Sceba. E Abraamo abitò a Beer-Sceba.

20 (B)Dopo queste cose fu riferito ad Abraamo questo: «Ecco, Milca ha partorito anch’ella dei figli a Naor, tuo fratello: 21 Uz, il primogenito, Buz, suo fratello, 22 Chemuel padre di Aram, Chesed, Azo, Pildas, Idlaf e Betuel».

23 E Betuel generò Rebecca. Questi otto Milca partorì a Naor, fratello di Abraamo. 24 E la concubina di lui, che si chiamava Reuma, partorì anch’essa Teba, Gaam, Taas e Maaca.

Footnotes

  1. Genesi 22:14 Iavè-Irè, lett. Yhwh vede (provvede).
  2. Genesi 22:17 +Eb 6:14.
  3. Genesi 22:18 Ge 12:3.

God Tests Abraham

22 And it happened that after these things, God tested Abraham. And he said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” And he said, “Take your son, your only child, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains where[a] I will tell you.” And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. And he took two of his servants with him, and Isaac his son. And he chopped wood for a burnt offering. And he got up and went to the place which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he saw the place at a distance. And Abraham said to his servants, “You stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go up there. We will worship, then we will return to you.” And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and placed it on Isaac his son. And he took the fire in his hand and the knife, and the two of them went together. And Isaac said to Abraham his father, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” And Abraham said, “God will provide[b] the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went together.

And they came to the place that God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood. Then he bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar atop the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. 11 And 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; do not do anything to him. For now I know that you are one who fears[c] God, since you have not withheld your son, your only child, from me.” 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, a ram was caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place “Yahweh will provide,”[d] for which reason[e] it is said today, “on the mountain of Yahweh it shall be provided.”[f] 15 And the angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time from heaven. 16 And he said, “I swear by myself, declares Yahweh, that because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only child, 17 that I will certainly bless you and greatly multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the shore of the sea. And your offspring will take possession of the gate of his enemies. 18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed through your offspring, because you have listened to my voice.” 19 And Abraham returned to his servants, and they got up and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived in Beersheba.

20 And it happened that after these things, it was told to Abraham, “Look, Milcah has also borne children to your brother Nahor: 21 Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 and Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” 23 (Now, Bethuel fathered Rebekah). These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, the brother of Abraham. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:2 Or “that”
  2. Genesis 22:8 Literally “God will see to it” or “God will see for himself”
  3. Genesis 22:12 Literally “a fearer”
  4. Genesis 22:14 Literally “will see”
  5. Genesis 22:14 Literally “which”
  6. Genesis 22:14 Literally “it/he shall be seen”

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.” 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.” So Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go over there; and we will worship and return to you.” And Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and (F)laid it on his son Isaac, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the (G)lamb for the burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will [a]provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

Then they came to (H)the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built (I)the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and (J)laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 And Abraham reached out with his hand and took the knife to [b]slaughter his son. 11 But (K)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 (L)I know that you [c]fear God, since you have not withheld (M)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 [d]The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “On the mountain of the Lord (N)it will [e]be provided.”

15 Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, 16 and said, “(O)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 (P)multiply your [f]seed as the stars of the heavens and as (Q)the sand, which is on the seashore; and (R)your [g]seed shall possess the gate of [h]their enemies. 18 And (S)in your [i]seed all the nations of the earth shall [j]be blessed, because you have (T)obeyed My voice.” 19 (U)So Abraham returned to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived in Beersheba.

20 Now it came about after these things, that Abraham was told, saying, “Behold, (V)Milcah [k]also has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram), 22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel”— 23 and it was Bethuel who fathered (W)Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, [l]also gave birth to Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:8 Lit see
  2. Genesis 22:10 I.e., following prescribed ritual
  3. Genesis 22:12 Or revere; lit are a fearer of God
  4. Genesis 22:14 Heb YHWH-jireh; lit the Lord will see
  5. Genesis 22:14 Lit be seen
  6. Genesis 22:17 Or descendants
  7. Genesis 22:17 Or descendants
  8. Genesis 22:17 Lit his
  9. Genesis 22:18 Or descendants
  10. Genesis 22:18 Or bless themselves
  11. Genesis 22:20 Lit she also
  12. Genesis 22:24 Lit she also

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)