Genesis 22:1–14

The Offering of Isaac

¹Now it came about after these things, that ^aGod tested Abraham, and said to him, “^bAbraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

²He said, “Take now ^ayour son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of ^bMoriah, and offer him there as a ^cburnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”

³So 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 wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

⁴On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.

⁵Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you.”

⁶Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and ^alaid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.

⁷Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the ^alamb for the burnt offering?”

⁸Abraham said, “God will ¹provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

⁹Then they came to ^athe place of which God had told him; and Abraham built ^bthe altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and ^claid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

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

¹¹But ^athe angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

¹²He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now ^aI know that you ¹fear God, since you have not withheld ^byour son, your only son, from Me.”

¹³Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

¹⁴Abraham called the name of that place ¹The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the Lord ^ait will ²be provided.”