Genesis

Genesis 22 ©

1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 3 He giveth proof of his faith and obedience. 11 The angel stayeth him from slaying his son, in whose stead he offereth a ram. 15 Abraham is blessed again. 20 The generations of Nahor, from whom came Rebekah.

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AND it came to pass after these things, that aGod did *tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, 1Behold, here I am.

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And he said, Take now bthy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of cMoriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

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¶And Abraham drose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and *clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and ewent unto the place of which God had told him.

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Then on the fthird day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

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And Abraham said unto his young men, gAbide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

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And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and hlaid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

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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 2lamb for a burnt offering?

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And Abraham said, My son, iGod will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

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And they came to the jplace which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and klaid him on the altar upon the wood.

j v.2-4. Mat. 21; 26; 27.
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And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

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And the langel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

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And he said, mLay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now nI know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

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And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold obehind him a ram caught in a 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.

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And Abraham pcalled the name of that place 3Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, qIn the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

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¶And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

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And said, rBy myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son :

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That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying sI will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea 4shore; and thy seed shall possess tthe gate of his enemies;

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And uin thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; vbecause thou hast obeyed my voice.

v v.2.
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So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to wBeer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

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¶And it came to pass after these things, that it was xtold Abraham, saying, Behold, yMilcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

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zHuz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of aAram,

a Ps. 60,title. Nu. 23.7. ch. 24.10.
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And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and bBethuel.

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And Bethuel begat cRebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

c ch. 24.15,24,67. Called, Ro. 9.10, Rebecca.
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And his dconcubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

d ch. 16.3,6,7; 25.1,5,6.