Genesis Chapter 22
God Tests Abraham
1 After this, God tested Abraham, “Abraham.”
“Yes”
2 “Take Isaac, that you love, your only son, and go to the area around Moriah. Offer him as a burnt offering on the mountain where I tell you.”
3 Abraham got up early, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men and Isaac. He split wood for the burnt offering and left for the place God told him.
4 On the third day, Abraham saw it in the distance. 5 He told his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I are going up there to worship and come back.” 6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac and carried the fire and knife by hand; so the two of them walked on together.
7 Isaac said, “Dad.”
“Yes?”
“There’s fire and wood, but where’s the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 “God will provide it, Son”; so the two of them walked on together.
Gen 22:1-8
9 They came to where God had told him. Abraham built an altar, arranged the wood, bound Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. 10 He took a knife to kill him, 11 but the angel of Yahveh called from the sky, “Abraham!”
12 “Yes?”
“Don’t do anything to him. I know now that you respect me; you haven’t withheld your only son from me.”
13 Then Abraham looked up and noticed a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. He took it and offered it for a burnt offering in place of his son. 14 He called the place Yahveh Will Provide [Yahveh-jireh], as it’s still said, “In ‘Yahveh’s’ mountain he‘ll ‘provide.’”
Gen 22:9-14
15 The angel called to Abraham again from the sky,
16 “I’ve sworn by myself 17 to multiply your descendants like stars in the sky and sand on the shore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies 18 and bless all nations because you’ve obeyed me.”
19 Abraham returned to his young men, and they went back to Beersheba to live.
Nahor’s Sons
20 After that, Abraham heard,
“Milcah has also had children to your brother Nahor: 21 Uz his oldest, Buz his brother; Kemuel Avi-Aram; 22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph; and Bethuel 23 [Rebekah’s father]—those eight. 24 Nahor’s concubine Reumah had Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.”
Gen 22:15-24