Genesis:22

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* And it came to pass after these things , that God proved Abraham , and said to him , Abraham . And he said , Here I am . * And he said , Take now thy son , thine only son , whom thou love , even Isaac , 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 . * And 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 the wood for the burnt offering , and rose up , and went to the place of which God had told him . * On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes , and saw the place afar off . * And Abraham said to his young men , Abide ye here with the donkey , and I and the lad will go yonder , and we will worship , and come again to you . * And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering , and laid it upon Isaac his son . And he took in his hand the fire and the knife . And they went both of them together . * And Isaac 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 lamb for a burnt offering ? * And Abraham said , God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering , my son . So they went both of them together . * And they came to the place which God had told him of . And Abraham built the altar there , and laid the wood in order , and bound Isaac his son , and laid him on the altar , upon the wood . * And Abraham stretched forth his hand , and took the knife to slay his son . * And the agent of LORD called to him out of heaven , and said , Abraham , Abraham . And he said , Here I am . * And he said , Do not lay thy hand upon the lad , neither do thou anything to him . For now I know that thou fear God , since thou have not withheld thy son , thine only son , from me . * And Abraham lifted up 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 instead of his son . * And Abraham called the name of that place LORD-jireh . As it is said to this day , In the mount of LORD it shall be provided . * And the agent of LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven , * and said , By myself I have sworn , says LORD , because thou have done this thing , and have not withheld thy son , thine only son , * that in blessing I will bless thee , and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens , and as the sand which is upon the seashore , and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies , * and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed , because thou have obeyed my voice . * So Abraham returned to his young men . And they rose up and went together to Beersheba . And Abraham dwelt at Beersheba . * And it came to pass after these things , that it was told Abraham , saying , Behold , Milcah , she also has borne sons to thy brother Nahor : * Uz his first born , and Buz his brother , and Kemuel the father of Aram , * and Chesed , and Hazo , and Pildash , and Jidlaph , and Bethuel . * And Bethuel begot Rebekah . These eight Milcah bore to Nahor , Abraham 's brother . * And his concubine , whose name was Reumah , she also bore Tebah , and Gaham , and Tahash , and Maacah .

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