The Offering of Isaac
(John 3:1–21)

1And it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!”

And he said, “Behold, I am here.”

2And He said, “Take now your son, your only one, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell to you.”

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

4And on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he saw the place from a distance. 5And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go over there, and we will worship, and we will come back to you⁺.”

6And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife, and they went, the two of them, together.

7And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”

And he said, “Behold, I am here, my son.”

And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, and where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

8And Abraham said, “God will see for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” And they went, the two of them, together.

9And they came to the place that God had told him, and there Abraham built the altar and arranged the wood, and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

Yahweh Provides the Sacrifice

11And the angel† of YHWH called to him from the heavens and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”

And he said, “Behold, I am here.”

12And he said, “Do not stretch out your hand upon the boy, and do not do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from me.†”

13And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a ram behind him,† caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14And Abraham called the name of that place “YHWH Yireh,”† as it is said to this day, “On the mountain of YHWH it shall be seen.”

15And the angel of YHWH called to Abraham a second time from the heavens 16and said, “By Myself I have sworn, says YHWH, that because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only one, 17that I will surely bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed† as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the shore of the sea; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18And in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed,† because you have listened to My voice.”

19And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

The Sons of Nahor

20And it came to pass after these things that it was told to Abraham, saying, “Behold, Milcah has borne—even she—sons to Nahor your brother: 21Uz his firstborn, 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 Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24And his concubine (and her name was Reumah), she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.