So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and (A)laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”

And he said, “Here I am, my son.”

Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the [a]lamb for a burnt offering?”

And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the (B)lamb for a (C)burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.

Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and (D)laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

11 But the (E)Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”

So he said, “Here I am.”

12 And He said, (F)“Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for (G)now I know that you fear God, since you have not (H)withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

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  1. Genesis 22:7 Or goat

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac,(A) and he himself carried the fire and the knife.(B) 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(C) for the burnt offering?”

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

When they reached the place God had told him about,(F) Abraham built an altar(G) there and arranged the wood(H) on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar,(I) on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife(J) to slay his son.(K) 11 But the angel of the Lord(L) called out to him from heaven,(M) “Abraham! Abraham!”(N)

“Here I am,”(O) 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,(P) because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.(Q)

13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[a] caught by its horns.(R) He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.(S)

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  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