Genesis 22

The Sacrifice of Isaac

22After these things God tested Abraham ^tand said to him, “Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he answered.

²“Take your son,” He said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, ^ugo to the land of Moriah, ^vand offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

³So Abraham got up early in the morning, ^wsaddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about. ⁴On the third day ^xAbraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. ⁵Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there to worship; then we’ll come back to you.” ⁶Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac. ^yIn his hand he took the fire and the sacrificial knife, ^zand the two of them walked on together.

⁷Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, “My father.”

And he replied, “Here I am, my son.”

Isaac said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

⁸Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide ^abthe lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” Then the two of them walked on together.

⁹When they arrived at the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac ^cand placed him on the altar ^don top of the wood. ¹⁰Then Abraham reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son.

¹¹But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”

He replied, “Here I am.”

¹²Then He said, “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from Me.” ^e13Abraham looked up and saw a ram ^fcaught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. ¹⁴And Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, ^gso today it is said: “It will be provided ^hon the Lord’s mountain.”

¹⁵Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven ¹⁶and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” ⁱthis is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, ^j17I will indeed bless you ^kand make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky ^land the sand on the seashore. ^mYour offspring will possess the gates of their enemies. ⁿ¹⁸And all the nations of the earth will be blessed ^oby your offspring ^pbecause you have obeyed My command.”

¹⁹Abraham went back to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham settled in Beer-sheba.

Rebekah’s Family

²⁰Now after these things Abraham was told, “Milcah also has borne sons to your brother Nahor: ^q21Uz his firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel the father of Aram, ²²Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” ²³And Bethuel fathered Rebekah. ^rMilcah bore these eight to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. ²⁴His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.