Genesis 22:12-19.
Genesis 22:1-19 (GNT)
1 "Some 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." 3 Early 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. 4 On
the third day Abraham saw the place in the distance. 5 Then 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." 6 Abraham 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, 7
Isaac 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?" 8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide one."
And the two of them walked on together. 9 When 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. 10 Then he picked up the knife to kill him. 11 But 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." 13 Abraham 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. 14 Abraham named
that place "The LORD Provides. " And even today people say, "On the
LORD's mountain he provides. " 15 The 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, 17 I 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. 18 All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have
blessed your descendants—all because you obeyed my command. " 19
Abraham went back to his servants, and they went together to
Beersheba, where Abraham settled."
God bless you.
1 "Some 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." 3 Early 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. 4 On
the third day Abraham saw the place in the distance. 5 Then 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." 6 Abraham 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, 7
Isaac 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?" 8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide one."
And the two of them walked on together. 9 When 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. 10 Then he picked up the knife to kill him. 11 But 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." 13 Abraham 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. 14 Abraham named
that place "The LORD Provides. " And even today people say, "On the
LORD's mountain he provides. " 15 The 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, 17 I 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. 18 All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have
blessed your descendants—all because you obeyed my command. " 19
Abraham went back to his servants, and they went together to
Beersheba, where Abraham settled."
God bless you.
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