1 N ow it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

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

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

4 T hen on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.

5 A nd Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”

6 S o Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.

7 B ut Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

8 A nd Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.

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

10 A nd Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

11 B ut the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “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 God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

13 T hen Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

14 A nd Abraham called the name of the place, The- Lord -Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

15 T hen the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,

16 a nd said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son —

17 b lessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.

18 I n your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

19 S o Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. The Family of Nahor

20 N ow it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Indeed Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

21 H uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

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

23 A nd Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

24 H is concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.