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Genesis 22

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¹ On the third day [of travel] Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

² Abraham said to his servants, "Settle down and stay here with the donkey; the[3] young man and I will go over there and worship [God], and we will come back to you."

³ Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it[4] on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the[5] fire (firepot) in his own hand and the [sacrificial] knife; and the two of them walked on together.

⁴ And Isaac said to Abraham, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." Isaac said, "Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

⁵ Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself[6] a lamb for the burnt offering." So the two walked on together.

⁶ When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood, and bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.

⁷ Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to[7] kill his son.

⁸ But the[8] Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He answered, "Here I am."

⁹ The LORD said, "Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise]."

¹⁰ Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, 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 for a burnt offering (ascending sacrifice) instead of his son.

¹¹ So Abraham named that place[9] The LORD Will Provide. And it is said to this day, "On the mountain of the LORD it[10] will be seen and provided."

¹² The[11] Angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time

¹³ and said, "By Myself (on the basis of Who I Am) I have sworn [an oath], declares the LORD, that since you have done this thing and have not withheld [from Me] your son, your only son [of promise],

¹⁴ indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [as conquerors].

¹⁵ Through your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have heard and obeyed My voice."

¹⁶ So Abraham returned to his servants, and they got up and went with him to Beersheba; and Abraham settled in Beersheba.

¹⁷ Now after these things Abraham was told, "Milcah has borne children to your brother Nahor:

¹⁸ Uz the firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram,

¹⁹ Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel."

²⁰ Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight [children] Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

²¹ Nahor's[12] concubine, whose name was Reumah, gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

²² Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years; this was the length of the life of Sarah.

²³ Sarah died in Kiriath-arba[1](that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

²⁴ Then Abraham stood up before his dead [wife's body], and spoke to the[2] sons of Heth (Hittites), saying,

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1	On the third day [of travel] Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
2	Abraham said to his servants, "Settle down and stay here with the donkey; the[3] young man and I will go over there and worship [God], and we will come back to you."
3	Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it[4] on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the[5] fire (firepot) in his own hand and the [sacrificial] knife; and the two of them walked on together.
4	And Isaac said to Abraham, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." Isaac said, "Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
5	Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself[6] a lamb for the burnt offering." So the two walked on together.
6	When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood, and bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.
7	Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to[7] kill his son.
8	But the[8] Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He answered, "Here I am."
9	The LORD said, "Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise]."
10	Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, 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 for a burnt offering (ascending sacrifice) instead of his son.
11	So Abraham named that place[9] The LORD Will Provide. And it is said to this day, "On the mountain of the LORD it[10] will be seen and provided."
12	The[11] Angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time
13	and said, "By Myself (on the basis of Who I Am) I have sworn [an oath], declares the LORD, that since you have done this thing and have not withheld [from Me] your son, your only son [of promise],
14	indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [as conquerors].
15	Through your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have heard and obeyed My voice."
16	So Abraham returned to his servants, and they got up and went with him to Beersheba; and Abraham settled in Beersheba.
17	Now after these things Abraham was told, "Milcah has borne children to your brother Nahor:
18	Uz the firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram,
19	Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel."
20	Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight [children] Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
21	Nahor's[12] concubine, whose name was Reumah, gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.
22	Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years; this was the length of the life of Sarah.
23	Sarah died in Kiriath-arba[1](that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
24	Then Abraham stood up before his dead [wife's body], and spoke to the[2] sons of Heth (Hittites), saying,

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