After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.” 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 of which I shall
tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his
donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac.
And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to
the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham
lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. Then Abraham said
to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go
over there and worship and come again to you.” And Abraham took the
wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he
took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them
together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he
said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God
will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So
they went both of them together.
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham
built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac
his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham
reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But
the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham,
Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Do not lay your hand
on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God,
seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” And
Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a
ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took
the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
So Abraham called the name of that place, “The LORD will provide”;
as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be
provided.”
And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from
heaven and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD,
because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your
only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your
offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the
seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,
and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.” So Abraham returned to
his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And
Abraham lived at Beersheba.
Now after these things it was told to Abraham, “Behold, Milcah
also has borne children to your brother Nahor: Uz his firstborn,
Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash,
Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” (Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight
Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. Moreover, his concubine,
whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
