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Genesis Chapter 22 (NKJV Bible)

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¹ Now it came to pass after these things that [1†]God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

² Then He said, “Take now your son, [2†]your only son Isaac, whom you [3†]love, and go [4†]to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a [5†]burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

³ So 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.

⁴ Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.

⁵ And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will [6†]come back to you.”

⁶ So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and [7†]laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.

⁷ But 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?”

⁸ And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the [8†]lamb for a [9†]burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.

⁹ Then 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 [10†]laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

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

¹¹ But the [11†]Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.”

¹² And He said, [12†]“Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for [13†]now I know that you fear God, since you have not [14†]withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

¹³ Then 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.

¹⁴ And 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.”

¹⁵ Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,

¹⁶ and said: [15†]“By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son—

¹⁷ blessing I will [16†]bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants [17†]as the stars of the heaven [18†]and as the sand which is on the seashore; and [19†]your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.

¹⁸ [20†]In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, [21†]because you have obeyed My voice.”

¹⁹ So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to [22†]Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

²⁰ Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Indeed [23†]Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

²¹ [24†]Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father [25†]of Aram,

²² Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

²³ And [26†]Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

²⁴ His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.

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1	Now it came to pass after these things that [1†]God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
2	Then He said, “Take now your son, [2†]your only son Isaac, whom you [3†]love, and go [4†]to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a [5†]burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
3	So 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.
4	Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.
5	And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will [6†]come back to you.”
6	So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and [7†]laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.
7	But 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?”
8	And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the [8†]lamb for a [9†]burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
9	Then 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 [10†]laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
10	And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11	But the [11†]Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.”
12	And He said, [12†]“Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for [13†]now I know that you fear God, since you have not [14†]withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
13	Then 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.
14	And 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.”
15	Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,
16	and said: [15†]“By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son—
17	blessing I will [16†]bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants [17†]as the stars of the heaven [18†]and as the sand which is on the seashore; and [19†]your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
18	[20†]In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, [21†]because you have obeyed My voice.”
19	So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to [22†]Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20	Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Indeed [23†]Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
21	[24†]Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father [25†]of Aram,
22	Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23	And [26†]Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24	His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.