Genesis 22
New Life Version
Abraham Is Tested
22 Later God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” Abraham said, “Here I am.” 2 God said, “Take now your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love. And go to the land of Moriah. Give him as a burnt gift on the altar in worship, on one of the mountains I will show you.” 3 So Abraham got up early in the morning and got his donkey ready. He took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac. He cut wood for the burnt gift. And he went to the place where God told him to go. 4 Abraham looked up on the third day and saw the place far away. 5 He said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go to that place and worship, and return to you.” 6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt gift and had Isaac carry it. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. And the two of them walked on together. 7 Then Isaac said to Abraham, “My father!” Abraham answered, “Here I am, my son.” Isaac said, “See, here is the fire and the wood. But where is the lamb for the burnt gift?” 8 Abraham said, “God will have for Himself a lamb ready for the burnt gift, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.
9 Then they came to the place that God told them about. Abraham built the altar there, and set the wood in place. Then he tied rope around his son Isaac, and laid him upon the wood on the altar. 10 And Abraham put out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” And Abraham said, “Here I am.” 12 The angel of the Lord said, “Do not put out your hand against the boy. Do nothing to him. For now I know that you fear God. You have not kept from Me your son, your only son.” 13 Then Abraham looked and saw a ram behind him, with his horns caught in the bushes. Abraham went and took the ram, and gave him as a burnt gift instead of his son. 14 Abraham gave that place the name “The Lord will give us what we need.” And it is said to this day, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be given.”
15 The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time. 16 He said, “I have promised by Myself, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept from Me your son, your only son, 17 I will bring good to you. I will add many to the number of your children and all who come after them, like the stars of the heavens and the sand beside the sea. They will take over the cities of those who hate them. 18 Good will come to all the nations of the earth by your children and their children’s children. Because you have obeyed My voice.” 19 So Abraham returned to his young men. And they got up and went with him to Beersheba. Abraham made his home there.
20 Later it was told to Abraham, “Milcah also has given birth to the children of your brother Nahor: 21 Uz the first-born, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” 23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah gave birth to these eight by Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24 And Reumah, the woman he kept who acted as his wife, gave birth to Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Genesis 22
King James Version
22 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
21 Huz 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 begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
1 Mose 22
Schlachter 1951
Abrahams Gehorsamsprüfung. Opfer Isaaks
22 Nach diesen Geschichten stellte Gott den Abraham auf die Probe und sprach zu ihm: Abraham! Und er antwortete: Siehe, hier bin ich. 2 Und er sprach: Nimm doch deinen Sohn, deinen einzigen, den du lieb hast, Isaak, und gehe hin in das Land Morija und opfere ihn dort zum Brandopfer auf einem Berg, den ich dir nennen werde!
3 Da stand Abraham am Morgen früh auf und sattelte seinen Esel, und nahm zwei Knechte und seinen Sohn Isaak mit sich und spaltete Holz zum Brandopfer, machte sich auf und ging hin an den Ort, davon ihm Gott gesagt hatte.
4 Am dritten Tag erhob Abraham seine Augen und sah den Ort von ferne. 5 Da sprach Abraham zu seinen Knechten: Bleibt ihr hier mit dem Esel, ich aber und der Knabe wollen dorthin gehen, und wenn wir angebetet haben, wollen wir wieder zu euch kommen. 6 Und Abraham nahm das Holz zum Brandopfer und legte es auf seinen Sohn Isaak. Er aber nahm das Feuer und das Messer in seine Hand, und sie gingen beide miteinander. 7 Da sprach Isaak zu seinem Vater Abraham: Mein Vater! Abraham antwortete: Siehe, hier bin ich, mein Sohn! Und er sprach: Siehe, hier ist Feuer und Holz; wo ist aber das Lämmlein zum Brandopfer? 8 Und Abraham antwortete: Mein Sohn, Gott wird sich ein Lämmlein zum Brandopfer ersehen! Und sie gingen beide miteinander.
9 Und als sie an den Ort kamen, den Gott ihm genannt hatte, baute Abraham dort einen Altar und legte das Holz ordentlich darauf, band seinen Sohn Isaak und legte ihn auf den Altar, oben auf das Holz. 10 Und Abraham streckte seine Hand aus und faßte das Messer, seinen Sohn zu schlachten. 11 Da rief ihm der Engel des Herrn vom Himmel und sprach: Abraham! Abraham! Und er antwortete: Siehe, hier bin ich!
12 Er sprach: Lege deine Hand nicht an den Knaben und tue ihm nichts; denn nun weiß ich, daß du Gott fürchtest und hast deinen einzigen Sohn nicht verschont um meinetwillen!
13 Da erhob Abraham seine Augen und sah hinter sich einen Widder mit den Hörnern in den Hecken verwickelt. Und Abraham ging hin und nahm den Widder und opferte ihn zum Brandopfer an Stelle seines Sohnes. 14 Und Abraham nannte den Ort: Der Herr wird dafür sorgen[a]! So daß man noch heute sagt: Auf dem Berg wird der Herr dafür sorgen!
15 Und der Engel des Herrn rief Abraham zum zweitenmal vom Himmel 16 und sprach: Ich habe bei mir selbst geschworen, spricht der Herr, weil du solches getan und deines einzigen Sohnes nicht verschont hast, 17 will ich dich gewiß segnen und deine Nachkommenschaft mächtig mehren, wie die Sterne am Himmel und wie den Sand am Rande des Meeres, und deine Nachkommen sollen die Tore ihrer Feinde[b] besitzen, 18 und in deiner Nachkommenschaft sollen alle Völker auf Erden gesegnet werden[c] , weil du meiner Stimme gehorcht hast!
19 Und Abraham kehrte wieder zu seinen Knechten zurück; und sie machten sich auf und zogen miteinander nach Beer-Scheba, denn Abraham wohnte zu Beer-Scheba.
Die Söhne Nahors
20 Nach diesen Geschichten wurde Abraham die Kunde gebracht: Siehe, Milka hat deinem Bruder Nahor auch Kinder geboren: 21 Uz, den Erstgeborenen, und Bus, seinen Bruder, und Kemuel, den Vater des Aram, 22 und Kesed und Chaso und Pildasch und Jidlaph und Bethuel. 23 Bethuel aber hatte die Rebekka gezeugt. Milka gebar diese acht dem Nahor, Abrahams Bruder. 24 Und seine Nebenfrau mit Namen Rehuma, gebar auch, nämlich Tebach, Gaham, Tachasch und Maacha.
Footnotes
- 1 Mose 22:14 Heb. Yahve-Jire „Der Herr wird sorgen“ (LS)
- 1 Mose 22:17 Die Tore der Feinde od. die Städte d.F. 1M 24:60 (LS)
- 1 Mose 22:18 1M 12:3
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