1 A fter these events, God tested and proved Abraham and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Here I am.

2 s aid, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I will tell you.

3 S o Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and then began the trip to the place of which God had told him.

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

5 A nd Abraham said to his servants, Settle down and stay here with the donkey, and I and the young man will go yonder and worship and come again to you.

6 T hen Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took the fire (the firepot) in his own hand, and a knife; and the two of them went on together.

7 A nd Isaac said to Abraham, My father! And he said, Here I am, my son. said, See, here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt sacrifice?

8 A braham said, My son, God Himself will provide a lamb for the burnt offering. So the two went on together.

9 W hen they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there; then he laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar on the wood.

10 A nd Abraham stretched forth his hand and took hold of the knife to slay his son.

11 B ut the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham! He answered, Here I am.

12 A nd He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear and revere God, since you have not held back from Me or begrudged giving Me your son, your only son.

13 T hen Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering and an ascending sacrifice instead of his son!

14 S o Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it will be provided.

15 T he Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time

16 A nd said, I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that since you have done this and have not withheld or begrudged your son, your only son,

17 I n blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies,

18 A nd in your Seed '> Christ] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed and bless themselves, because you have heard and obeyed My voice.

19 S o Abraham returned to his servants, and they rose up and went with him to Beersheba; there Abraham lived.

20 N ow after these things, it was told Abraham, Milcah has also borne children to your brother Nahor:

21 U z the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 C hesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

23 B ethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

24 A nd his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.