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The Offering of Isaac

¹ Now it came about after these things, that ^(C1)God tested Abraham, and said to him, "^(C2)Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."² Then He said, "Take now ^(C1)your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of ^(C2)Moriah, and offer him there as a ^(C3)burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."³ So Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place of which God had told him.⁴ On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.⁵ Then Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go over there; and we will worship and return to you."⁶ And Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and ^(C1)laid it on his son Isaac, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.⁷ Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the ^(C1)lamb for the burnt offering?"⁸ Abraham said, "God will ^(F1)provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together.

⁹ Then they came to ^(C1)the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built ^(C2)the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and ^(C3)laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.¹⁰ And Abraham reached out with his hand and took the knife to ^(F1)slaughter his son.¹¹ But ^(C1)the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."¹² He said, "Do not reach out your hand against the boy, and do not do anything to him; for now ^(C1)I know that you ^(F1)fear God, since you have not withheld ^(C2)your son, your only son, from Me."¹³ Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in the place of his son.¹⁴ And Abraham named that place ^(F1)The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "On the mountain of the LORD ^(C1)it will ^(F2)be provided."

¹⁵ Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,¹⁶ and said, "^(C1)By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,¹⁷ indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly ^(C1)multiply your ^(F1)seed as the stars of the heavens and as ^(C2)the sand, which is on the seashore; and ^(C3)your ^(F1)seed shall possess the gate of ^(F2)their enemies.¹⁸ "And ^(C1)in your ^(F1)seed all the nations of the earth shall ^(F2)be blessed, because you have ^(C2)obeyed My voice."^19 (C1)So Abraham returned to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived in Beersheba.

²⁰ Now it came about after these things, that Abraham was told, saying, "Behold, ^(C1)Milcah ^(F1)also has borne children to your brother Nahor:²¹ Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram),²² Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel"—²³ and it was Bethuel who fathered ^(C1)Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.²⁴ His concubine, whose name was Reumah, ^(F1)also gave birth to Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.