1 And it came to pass after these things, that YAHUAH did tempt Abraham, and
said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and
get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon
one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of
his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt
offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which YAHUAH had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the
lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac his
son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them
together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said,
Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is]
the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, YAHUAH will provide himself a lamb for a burnt
offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which YAHUAH had told him of; and Abraham built an
altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him
on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of YAHUAH called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham,
Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto
him: for now I know that thou fearest YAHUAH, seeing thou hast not withheld thy
son, thine only [son] from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind [him] a ram
caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered
him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place YAHUAH-Yireh: as it is said [to]
this day, In the mount of YAHUAH it shall be seen.
15 And the angel of YAHUAH called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith YAHUAH, for because thou hast done
this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy
seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore;
and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou
hast obeyed my voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to
Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,
Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's
brother.
24 And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham,
and Thahash, and Maachah.