Genesis
Genesis 22
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Genesis 22 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt , and said unto him, : and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son , whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of ; and offer him there for a upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and his son, and clave the wood for the , and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Then the third day lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. And said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you, And took the wood of the , and laid it upon his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And spake unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the for a ? And said, My son, God will provide himself a for a : so they went both of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound his son, and laid him the altar upon the wood. And stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, , : and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a caught in a thicket by his horns: and went and took the , and offered him up for a in the stead of his son. And called the name of that place -jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. And the angel of the LORD called unto out of heaven the second time, And 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 blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. So returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to -; and dwelt at -. And it came to pass after these things, that it was told , saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother ; Huz his firstborn, and his brother, and the father of , And , and , and , and , and . And begat : these eight did to , Abraham’s brother. And his concubine, whose name was , she bare also , and , and , and .