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Genesis 22 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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The Offering of Isaac

(Heb 11:17–19 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1 - And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:4 - On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7 - 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:8 - And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son: so they went both of them together.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:11 - And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13 - 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 in the stead of his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:14 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:15 - And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:18 - and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 - And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:22 - and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23 - And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:24 - And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
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