Verse 2
Genesis 22:2
New Living Translation
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“Take your son, your only son — yes, Isaac, whom you love so much — and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
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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Some time later, God (Elohim) tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God (Elohim) called. “Yes,” he repl...
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“Take your son, your only son — yes, Isaac, whom you love so much — and go to the land of Moriah. Go...
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The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him,...
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On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
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“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told the servants. “The boy and I will travel a little farther....
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So Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac’s shoulders, while he himself carried the...
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Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “We have the fire and th...
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“God (Elohim) will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham answered. And they both...
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9
When they arrived at the place where God (Elohim) had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arr...
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10
And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice.
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11
At that moment the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes,” Abraham r...
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12
“Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you...
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13
Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrif...
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14
Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the LORD will provide”). To this day, people stil...
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15
Then the angel of the LORD called again to Abraham from heaven.
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16
“This is what the LORD says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your on...
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I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sk...
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18
And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed — all because you have obe...
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19
Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.
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20
Soon after this, Abraham heard that Milcah, his brother Nahor’s wife, had borne Nahor eight sons.
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21
The oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, followed by Kemuel (the ancestor of the Arameans),
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22
Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
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(Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) In addition to these eight sons from Milcah,
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Nahor had four other children from his concubine Reumah. Their names were Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and...
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