Genesis 22:1-19
Genesis 22:1-19 (Good News Translation)
1Some time later God tested Abraham; he called to him,
"Abraham!" And Abraham answered,
"Yes, here I am!"
2"Take your son," God said,
"your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land
of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a
sacrifice to me."
3Early the next morning Abraham cut some wood for the
sacrifice, loaded his donkey, and took Isaac and two servants with him.
They started out for the place that God had told him about.
4On the third day Abraham saw the place in the distance.
5Then he said to the servants,
"Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there and
worship, and then we will come back to you."
6Abraham made Isaac carry the wood for the sacrifice, and he
himself carried a knife and live coals for starting the fire. As they
walked along together,
7Isaac spoke up,
"Father!"
He answered,
"Yes, my son?"
Isaac asked,
"I see that you have the coals and the wood, but where is the
lamb for the sacrifice?"
8Abraham answered,
"God himself will provide one." And the two of them walked on
together.
9When they came to the place which God had told him about,
Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. He tied up his son and
placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.
10Then he picked up the knife to kill him.
11But the angel of the
LORD called to him from heaven,
"Abraham, Abraham!"
He answered,
"Yes, here I am."
12"Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him," he said.
"Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not
kept back your only son from him."
13Abraham looked around and saw a ram caught in a bush by its
horns. He went and got it and offered it as a burnt offering instead of
his son.
14Abraham named that place
"The
LORD Provides.
"
And even today people say,
"On the
LORD's mountain he provides.
"
15The angel of the
LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
16"I make a vow by my own name—the
LORD is speaking—that I will richly bless you. Because you did
this and did not keep back your only son from me,
17I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there
are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your
descendants will conquer their enemies.
18All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed
your descendants—all because you obeyed my command.
"
19Abraham went back to his servants, and they went together to
Beersheba, where Abraham settled.
God bless you.
"Abraham!" And Abraham answered,
"Yes, here I am!"
2"Take your son," God said,
"your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land
of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a
sacrifice to me."
3Early the next morning Abraham cut some wood for the
sacrifice, loaded his donkey, and took Isaac and two servants with him.
They started out for the place that God had told him about.
4On the third day Abraham saw the place in the distance.
5Then he said to the servants,
"Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there and
worship, and then we will come back to you."
6Abraham made Isaac carry the wood for the sacrifice, and he
himself carried a knife and live coals for starting the fire. As they
walked along together,
7Isaac spoke up,
"Father!"
He answered,
"Yes, my son?"
Isaac asked,
"I see that you have the coals and the wood, but where is the
lamb for the sacrifice?"
8Abraham answered,
"God himself will provide one." And the two of them walked on
together.
9When they came to the place which God had told him about,
Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. He tied up his son and
placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.
10Then he picked up the knife to kill him.
11But the angel of the
LORD called to him from heaven,
"Abraham, Abraham!"
He answered,
"Yes, here I am."
12"Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him," he said.
"Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not
kept back your only son from him."
13Abraham looked around and saw a ram caught in a bush by its
horns. He went and got it and offered it as a burnt offering instead of
his son.
14Abraham named that place
"The
LORD Provides.
"
And even today people say,
"On the
LORD's mountain he provides.
"
15The angel of the
LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
16"I make a vow by my own name—the
LORD is speaking—that I will richly bless you. Because you did
this and did not keep back your only son from me,
17I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there
are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your
descendants will conquer their enemies.
18All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed
your descendants—all because you obeyed my command.
"
19Abraham went back to his servants, and they went together to
Beersheba, where Abraham settled.
God bless you.
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