Genesis 22:1–9

Abraham’s Faith Confirmed

22Now it came to pass after these things that ^aGod tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”

And he said, “Here I am.”

²Then He said, “Take now your son, ^byour only son Isaac, whom you ^clove, and go ^dto the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a ^eburnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall 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 the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. ⁴Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. ⁵And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the ¹lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will ^fcome back to you.”

⁶So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and ^glaid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. ⁷But 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 ²lamb for a burnt offering?”

⁸And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the ^hlamb for a ⁱburnt offering.” So the two of them went together.

⁹Then 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 ^jlaid him on the altar, upon the wood.