h.
The offering up of Isaac
22:1-24
Gen. 22
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22:1
Now after these things God
atested Abraham and said to him, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.
Gen. 22
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22:2
And He said, Take now your son, your
1only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of
2aMoriah, and
3offer him there as a
4burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.
Gen. 22
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22:3
And Abraham
1rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son. And he split the wood for the burnt offering and rose up and went to the place of which God had told him.
Gen. 22
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22:4
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.
Gen. 22
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22:5
And Abraham said to his young men, Stay here with the donkey; and I and the boy will go over there, and we will worship, and
then we will return to you.
Gen. 22
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22:6
And Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid
it upon Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. And the two of them walked together.
Gen. 22
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22:7
And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, My father! And he said, Here I am, my son. And he said, The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Gen. 22
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22:8
And Abraham said, God Himself will
aprovide the
blamb for a burnt offering, my son. So the two of them walked on together.
Gen. 22
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22:9
And they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound
aIsaac his son and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
Gen. 22
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22:10
And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
Gen. 22
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22:11
And the
1aAngel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.
Gen. 22
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22:12
And He said, Do not stretch out your hand upon the boy, nor do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.
Gen. 22
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22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and there behind
him was a
1ram, caught in the
2thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering in place of his son.
Gen. 22
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22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place
1Jehovah-jireh, as it is said
to this day, On the
amount of Jehovah
2it will be
bprovided.
Gen. 22
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22:15
And the
aAngel of Jehovah called to Abraham a second time from the heavens
Gen. 22
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22:16
And said, By Myself I have
asworn, declares Jehovah: Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Gen. 22
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22:17
aI will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your seed like the
1bstars of the heavens and like the
csand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the
dgate of his enemies.
Gen. 22
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22:18
And in your
1seed aall the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have
bobeyed My voice.
Gen. 22
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22:19
So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt in Beer-sheba.
Gen. 22
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22:20
And after these things it was told Abraham, saying, Milcah has now also borne children to your brother Nahor:
Gen. 22
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22:21
Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Gen. 22
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22:22
And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel;
Gen. 22
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22:23
And Bethuel begot
1Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
Gen. 22
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22:24
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.
