Abraham Tested

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

“Here I am,”^(B) he replied.

² Then God said, “Take your son^(A), your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah.^(B) Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering^(C) on a mountain I will show you.^(D)”

⁴ On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

⁹ When they reached the place God had told him about,^(A) Abraham built an altar^(B) there and arranged the wood^(C) on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar,^(D) on top of the wood. ¹⁰ Then he reached out his hand and took the knife^(E) to slay his son.^(F)