1And it came to pass after these things , that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him , Abraham; and he said , Here am I . 2And he said, Take now thy son , thine only son , whom thou lovest, 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 . 3And Abraham rose early in the morning , and saddled his ass , and took two of his young men with him , and Isaac his son ; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up , and went unto the place of which God had told him . 4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes , and saw the place afar off . 5And Abraham said unto his young men , Abide ye here with the ass , and I and the lad will go yonder ; and we will worship , and come again to you . 6And 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 . 7And 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? 8And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son : so they went both of them together . 9And 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 . 10And Abraham stretched forth his hand , and took the knife to slay his son .
The Journey to Moriah
11And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven , and said , Abraham, Abraham: and he said , Here am I . 12And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad , neither do thou anything unto him ; for now I know that thou fearest God , seeing thou hast not withheld thy son , thine only son , from me . 13And 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 in the stead of his son . 14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day , In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided .
God's Provision and the Ram
15And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven , 16and said , By myself have I sworn , saith Jehovah , because thou hast done this thing , and hast not withheld thy son , thine only son , 17that 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 sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice . 19So Abraham returned unto his young men , and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
The Covenant Renewed
20And it came to pass after these things , that it was told Abraham, saying , Behold , Milcah , she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor : 21Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22and Chesed , and Hazo , and Pildash , and Jidlaph , and Bethuel . 23And Bethuel begat Rebekah : these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor , Abraham’s brother. 24And his concubine , whose name was Reumah , she also bare Tebah , and Gaham , and Tahash , and Maacah .