After these deeds, God did prove Abraham and said unto him, "Abraham." And he answered, "Here am I."

And he said, "Take thy only son Isaac whom thou lovest, and get thee unto the land of Moria, and sacrifice him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will show thee."

And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

And his concubine called Reuma she bare also Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maacha.

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice."

that I will bless thee and multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea side. And thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies.

And Abraham called the name of the place, "The LORD will see." Wherefore it is a common saying this day, "In the mount will the LORD be seen."

And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide him a sheep for sacrifice." So went they both together.

And he said, "Lay not thy hands upon the child, neither do anything at all unto him, for now I know that thou fearest God, in that thou hast not kept thine only son from me."

saying, "By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing and hast not spared thy only son,

And when they came unto the place which God showed him, Abraham made an altar there and dressed the wood, and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, above upon the wood.

And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked about: and behold, there was a ram caught by the horns in a thicket. And he went and took the ram and offered him up for a sacrifice in the stead of his son.

Then the angel of the LORD called unto him from heaven saying, "Abraham, Abraham?" And he answered, "Here am I."

And the angel of the LORD cried unto Abraham from heaven the second time,

Then spake Isaac unto Abraham his father and said, "My father?" And he answered, "Here am I, my son." And he said, "See, here is fire and wood, but where is the sheep for sacrifice?"

and said unto his young men, "Bide here with the ass. I and the lad will go yonder and worship and come again unto you."

Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his men with him, and Isaac his son: and clove wood for the sacrifice, and rose up and got him to the place which God had appointed him.

The third day Abraham lift up his eyes and saw the place afar off,

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to have killed his son.

And it chanced, after these things, that one told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor:

Uz his eldest son and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of the Syrians,

And Abraham took the wood of the sacrifice and laid it upon Isaac his son, and took fire in his hand and a knife. And they went both of them together.

and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel."

So turned Abraham again unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.