1 . It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham , and said to him, “ Abraham !”  He said, “Here I am.”

2 . He said, “Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac , and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”

3 . Abraham  rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac , his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.

4 . On the third day Abraham  lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

5 . Abraham  said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you.

6 .. Abraham  took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac  his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

7 . Isaac  spoke to Abraham  his father, and said, “My father?”  He said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

8 . Abraham  said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both  went together.

9 . They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham  built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac  his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

10 . Abraham  stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

11 . The angel of  יהוה  called to him out of the sky, and said, “ Abraham , Abraham !” He said, “Here I am.”

12 . He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

13 . Abraham  lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham  went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

14 . Abraham  called the name of that place  יהוה   Jireh.  As it is said to this day, “On  יהוה  ’s mountain, it will be provided.

15 . The angel of  יהוה  called to Abraham  a second time out of the sky,

16 . A nd said, “I have sworn by myself, says  יהוה  , because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

17 . T hat, 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 on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

18 . In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

19 . So Abraham  returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham  lived at Beersheba.

20 . It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham , saying, “Behold, Milcah , she also has born children to your brother Nahor :

21 . Uz  his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram ,

22 . Chesed , Hazo , Pildash , Jidlaph , and Bethuel .”

23 . Bethuel  became the father of Rebekah . These eight  Milcah bore to Nahor , Abraham ’s brother.

24. His concubine, whose name was Reumah , also bore Tebah , Gaham , Tahash , and Maacah .