Gen 22
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And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said to him,
Abraham. And he said, Here am I.
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And he said, Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and get
you into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of
the mountains which I will tell you of.
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And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young
men with him, and Isaac his son. And he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and
rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
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On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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And Abraham said to his young men, Abide you here with the ass, and I and the lad
will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.
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And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son. And
he took in his hand the fire and the knife. And they went both of them together.
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And Isaac spoke to Abraham 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 lamb for a burnt-offering?
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And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son.
So they went both of them together.
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And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the altar
there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar,
upon the wood.
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And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
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And the angel of YHWH called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And
he said, Here I am.
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And he said, Lay not your hand upon the lad, neither do you anything to him. For now
I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from
me.
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And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind [him] a ram caught
in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up
for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.
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And Abraham called the name of that place YHWH-jireh. As it is said to this day, In
the mount of YHWH it shall be provided.
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And the angel of YHWH called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,
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and said, By myself have I sworn, says YHWH, because you have done this thing, and
have not withheld your son, your only son,
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that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as
the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And your seed
shall possess the gate of his enemies.
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And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Because you have obeyed
my voice.
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So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba.
And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
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And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold,
Milcah, she also has borne children to they brother Nahor.
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Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram.
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And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
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And Bethuel engendered Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham`s brother.
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And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash,
and Maacah.