Verse 2
Genesis 22:2
Bible in Basic English
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And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֡אמֶר קַח נָ֠א אֶת בִּנְ/ךָ֨ אֶת יְחִֽידְ/ךָ֤ אֲשֶׁר אָהַ֨בְתָּ֙ אֶת יִצְחָ֔ק וְ/לֶךְ לְ/ךָ֔ אֶל אֶ֖רֶץ הַ/מֹּרִיָּ֑ה וְ/הַעֲלֵ֤/הוּ שָׁם֙ לְ/עֹלָ֔ה עַ֚ל אַחַ֣ד הֶֽ/הָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֹמַ֥ר אֵלֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And 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 which I will tell you."
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Chapter 22 Context
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Now after these things, God (Elohim) put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said,...
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And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah an...
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And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young...
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And on the third day, Abraham, lifting up his eyes, saw the place a long way off.
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Then he said to his young men, Keep here with the ass; and I and the boy will go on and give worship...
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And Abraham put the wood for the burned offering on his son's back, and he himself took the fire and...
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Then Isaac said to Abraham, My father; and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, We have wood and...
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And Abraham said, God (Elohim) himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on t...
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And they came to the place of which God (Elohim) had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the...
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And stretching out his hand, Abraham took the knife to put his son to death.
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But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here...
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And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am...
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And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took t...
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14
And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lo...
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15
And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,
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Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept...
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That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven...
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And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave...
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Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraha...
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After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to...
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Uz the oldest, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel, the father of Aram,
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And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel.
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Bethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brot...
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And his servant Reumah gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.
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