THE TEST OF A FATHER
Genesis 22:1-18
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.
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