Genesis 22:1-18

¹Now it came about after these things, that ^(A)God tested Abraham, and said to him, "^(B)Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

²He said, "Take now ^(C)your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of ^(D)Moriah, and offer him there as a ^(E)burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."

³So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

⁴On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.

⁵Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you."

⁶Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and ^(F)laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.

⁷Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the ^(G)lamb for the burnt offering?"

⁸Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together.

⁹Then they came to ^(H)the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built ^(I)the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and ^(J)laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

¹⁰Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

¹¹But ^(K)the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

¹²He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now ^(L)I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld ^(M)your son, your only son, from Me."

¹³Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

¹⁴Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the LORD ^(N)it will be provided."

¹⁵Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

¹⁶and said, "^(O)By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

¹⁷indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly ^(P)multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as ^(Q)the sand which is on the seashore; and ^(R)your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

¹⁸"^(S)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have ^(T)obeyed My voice."