¶ And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt¹ Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am².

And he said, Take³ now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah⁴; and offer⁵ him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

¶⁶And 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 God had told him.

Then on the third⁷ day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw⁸ the place afar off.

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide⁹ ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come¹⁰ again to you.

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it¹¹ upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father¹²: and he said, Here am I,¹³ my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but¹⁴ where is the lamb¹⁵ for a burnt offering?

¹⁶And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

And they came to the place¹⁷ which God had told him of; and Abraham built¹⁸ an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound¹⁹ Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

¶²⁰And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

¶ And the angel²¹ of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham²², Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

And he said, Lay²³ not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now²⁴ I know that thou fearest God, seeing²⁵ thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind²⁶ 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 the²⁷ stead of his son.

And Abraham called²⁸ the name of that place Jehovahjireh²⁹: as it is said to this day, In³⁰ the mount of the LORD it shall be seen³¹.

¶³²And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

³³And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

That in blessing³⁴ I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply³⁵ thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore³⁶; and thy seed³⁷ shall possess the gate of his enemies;

And in³⁸ thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed³⁹ my voice.

So Abraham⁴⁰ returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba⁴¹; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

¶ And it came to pass after these things, that it was told⁴² Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah⁴³, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor⁴⁴;

Huz⁴⁵ his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel⁴⁶ the father of Aram⁴⁷,

And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

And Bethuel⁴⁸ begat Rebekah⁴⁹: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

And his concubine⁵⁰, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah⁵¹.