Later, the LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks belonging to Mamre. As Abraham was sitting near the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day,

As soon as he finished talking to Abraham, the LORD left and Abraham returned to where he had been sitting.

Sometime later, God tested Abraham. He called out to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered.

Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. Abraham carried the fire and the knife. And so the two of them went on together.

Isaac addressed his father Abraham: "My father!" "I'm here, my son," Abraham replied. Isaac asked, "The fire and the wood are here, but where's the lamb for the burnt offering?"

Just then, an angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven and said, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he answered.

Then Abraham looked up and behind him to see a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So Abraham went over, grabbed the ram, and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

After this, Abraham returned to his servants and they set out together for Beer-sheba, where Abraham settled.

Now Abraham had grown old, was well advanced in age, and the LORD had blessed Abraham in every way.

That's when he prayed, "LORD God of my master Abraham, help me to succeed today. Please show your gracious love to my master Abraham.

This was the same field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites, where Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried.

This is the account of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham fathered Isaac.

where one night the LORD appeared to him. "I am the God of your father Abraham," he told him. "Don't be afraid, because I'm with you. I'm going to bless you and multiply your descendants on account of my servant Abraham."

May he give you and your descendants the blessings that he gave Abraham. May you possess the land where you have lived that God gave to Abraham."