1. 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 Mo-ri-ah; 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 Je-ho-vah-ji-reh: 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 Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
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 Na-hor;
21. Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Ke-mu-el the father of
Aram.
22. And Ches-ed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Be-thu-el.
23. And Be-thu-el begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Na-hor,
Abraham's brother.
24. And his concubine, whose name was Reu-mah, she bare also Tebah, and
Gaham, and Tha-hash, and Ma-a-chah.
Jan. 8
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