Genesis 22:1–10

God Tests Abraham

22And it happened that after these things, God tested Abraham. And he said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” ²And he said, “Take your son, your only child, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains where^a I will tell you.” ³And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. And he took two of his servants with him, and Isaac his son. And he chopped wood for a burnt offering. And he got up and went to the place which God had told him. ⁴On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he saw the place at a distance. ⁵And Abraham said to his servants, “You stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go up there. We will worship, then we will return to you.” ⁶And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and placed it on Isaac his son. And he took the fire in his hand and the knife, and the two of them went together. ⁷And Isaac said to Abraham his father, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” ⁸And Abraham said, “God will provide^b the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went together.

⁹And they came to the place that God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood. Then he bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar atop the wood. ¹⁰And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.