Genesis

                                   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.
  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.
  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.
  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?
  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.
 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,
 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:
 17. 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;
 18. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
     blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
 19. So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and
     went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.