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Genesis Chapter 22 (NRSVCE)

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¹ After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

² He said, “Take 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 that I shall show you.”

³ So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him.

⁴ On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place far away.

⁵ Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will go over there; we will worship, and then we will come back to you.”

⁶ Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.

⁷ Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

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

⁹ When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

¹⁰ Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill [1] his son.

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

¹² He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy 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.”

¹³ And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

¹⁴ So Abraham called that place “The LORD will provide”; [2] as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” [3]

¹⁵ The angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

¹⁶ and said, “By myself I have sworn, says the LORD: Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

¹⁷ I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,

¹⁸ and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”

¹⁹ So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham lived at Beer-sheba.

²⁰ Now after these things it was told Abraham, “Milcah also has borne children, to your brother Nahor:

²¹ Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

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

²³ Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

²⁴ Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

²⁵ Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

²⁶ With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless;

²⁷ with the pure you show yourself pure, and with the crooked you show yourself perverse.

²⁸ You deliver a humble people, but your eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.

²⁹ Indeed, you are my lamp, O LORD, the LORD lightens my darkness.

³⁰ By you I can crush a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

³¹ This God — his way is perfect; the promise of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

³² For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

³³ The God who has girded me with strength [1] has opened wide my path. [2]

³⁴ He made my [3] feet like the feet of deer, and set me secure on the heights.

³⁵ He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁶ You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your help [4] has made me great.

³⁷ You have made me stride freely, and my feet do not slip;

³⁸ I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed.

³⁹ I consumed them; I struck them down, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.

⁴⁰ For you girded me with strength for the battle; you made my assailants sink under me.

⁴¹ You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.

⁴² They looked, but there was no one to save them; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

⁴³ I beat them fine like the dust of the earth, I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.

⁴⁴ You delivered me from strife with the peoples; [5] you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

⁴⁵ Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

⁴⁶ Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their strongholds.

⁴⁷ The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,

⁴⁸ the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

⁴⁹ who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above my adversaries, you delivered me from the violent.

⁵⁰ For this I will extol you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to your name.

⁵¹ He is a tower of salvation for his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

#	NRSVCE
1	After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
2	He said, “Take 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 that I shall show you.”
3	So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him.
4	On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place far away.
5	Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will go over there; we will worship, and then we will come back to you.”
6	Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.
7	Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8	Abraham said, “God himself will provide the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.
9	When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
10	Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill [1] his son.
11	But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
12	He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy 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.”
13	And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
14	So Abraham called that place “The LORD will provide”; [2] as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” [3]
15	The angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,
16	and said, “By myself I have sworn, says the LORD: Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17	I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,
18	and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”
19	So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham lived at Beer-sheba.
20	Now after these things it was told Abraham, “Milcah also has borne children, to your brother Nahor:
21	Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
22	Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23	Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24	Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
25	Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.
26	With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless;
27	with the pure you show yourself pure, and with the crooked you show yourself perverse.
28	You deliver a humble people, but your eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.
29	Indeed, you are my lamp, O LORD, the LORD lightens my darkness.
30	By you I can crush a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
31	This God — his way is perfect; the promise of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
32	For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
33	The God who has girded me with strength [1] has opened wide my path. [2]
34	He made my [3] feet like the feet of deer, and set me secure on the heights.
35	He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36	You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your help [4] has made me great.
37	You have made me stride freely, and my feet do not slip;
38	I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed.
39	I consumed them; I struck them down, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.
40	For you girded me with strength for the battle; you made my assailants sink under me.
41	You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
42	They looked, but there was no one to save them; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
43	I beat them fine like the dust of the earth, I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
44	You delivered me from strife with the peoples; [5] you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
45	Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46	Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their strongholds.
47	The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,
48	the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,
49	who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above my adversaries, you delivered me from the violent.
50	For this I will extol you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to your name.
51	He is a tower of salvation for his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

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