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| 1Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” | 1Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied. |
| 2Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” | 2God said, "Take your son--your only son, whom you love, Isaac--and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to 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. | 3Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about. |
| 4Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. | 4On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance. |
| 5And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.” | 5So he said to his servants, "You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you." |
| 6So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. | 6Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them walked on 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 lamb for a burnt offering?” | 7Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father?" "What is it, my son?" he replied. "Here is the fire and the wood," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" |
| 8And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together. | 8"God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son," Abraham replied. The two of them continued on 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 laid him on the altar, upon the wood. | 9When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood. |
| 10And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. | 10Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son. |
| 11But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.” | 11But the LORD's angel called to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered. |
| 12And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” | 12"Do not harm the boy!" the angel said. "Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me." |
| 13Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. | 13Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. |
| 14And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” | 14And Abraham called the name of that place "The LORD provides." It is said to this day, "In the mountain of the LORD provision will be made." |
| 15Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, | 15The LORD's angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven |
| 16and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— | 16and said, "'I solemnly swear by my own name,' decrees the LORD, 'that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, |
| 17blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. | 17I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies. |
| 18In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” | 18Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.'" |
| 19So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. | 19Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed. |
| 20Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Indeed Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: | 20After these things Abraham was told, "Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor-- |
| 21Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, | 21Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram), |
| 22Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” | 22Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." |
| 23And Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. | 23(Now Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham's brother Nahor. |
| 24His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah. | 24His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore him children--Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah. |
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