Genesis 22:1-8 ▼

1 After these dedes God dyd proue Abraham and sayde vnto him: Abraham. And he answered: here am I.

2 And he sayde: take thy only sonne Isaac whome thou louest and get the vnto the lande of Moria and sacrifyce him there for a sacrifyce vpon one of the mountayns which I will shewe the

3 Than Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and sadled his asse and toke two of his meyny wyth him and Isaac his sonne: ad clove wod for the sacrifyce and rose vp and gott him to the place which God had appoynted him.

4 The thirde daye Abraham lyfte vp his eyes and sawe the place a farr of

5 and sayde vnto his yong men: byde here with the asse. I and the lad will goo yonder and worshippe and come agayne vnto you.

6 And Abraham toke the wodd of the sacrifyce and layde it vpon Isaac his sonne and toke fyre in his hande and a knyfe. And they went both of them together.

7 Than spake Isaac vnto Abraham his father and sayde: My father? And he answered here am I my sonne. And he sayde: Se here is fyre and wodd but where is the shepe for sacrifyce?

8 And Abraham sayde: my sonne God wyll prouyde him a shepe for sacrifyce. So went they both together.