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Chapter 22 |
| 1 | And it came to
pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him,
Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. |
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2 | And he said, Take now thy
son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of
Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains
which I will tell thee of. |
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3 | And 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. |
| 4 | Then on the third day Abraham
lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. |
| 5 | And Abraham
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. |
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6 | And Abraham took the wood
of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in
his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. |
| 7 | And Isaac
spake unto 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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8 | And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a
lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. |
| 9 | And
they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar
there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the
altar upon the wood. |
| 10 | And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and
took the knife to slay his son. |
| 11 | And the angel of the LORD
called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am
I. |
| 12 |
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. |
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13 | And Abraham lifted up his
eyes, and looked, and behold behind 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
the stead of his son. |
| 14 | And Abraham called the name of that place
Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be
seen. |
| 15 |
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven
the second time, |
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16 | 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: |
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| 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;
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| 18 | And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because
thou hast obeyed my voice. |
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19 | So Abraham returned unto his young
men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at
Beersheba. |
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| And it came to pass after these things, that it was told
Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother
Nahor; |
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| Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the
father of Aram, |
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22 | And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and
Bethuel. |
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| And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to
Nahor, Abraham's brother. |
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24 | And his concubine, whose name was
Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. |
