² He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to ^(A)the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

¹⁰ Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. ¹¹ But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” ¹² He said, ^(A)“Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for ^(B)now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”