Verse 12
Genesis 22:12
Free Bible Version
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Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in some bushes. He brought the ram over and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר אַל תִּשְׁלַ֤ח יָֽדְ/ךָ֙ אֶל הַ/נַּ֔עַר וְ/אַל תַּ֥עַשׂ ל֖/וֹ מְא֑וּמָּה כִּ֣י עַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי יְרֵ֤א אֱלֹהִים֙ אַ֔תָּה וְ/לֹ֥א חָשַׂ֛כְתָּ אֶת בִּנְ/ךָ֥ אֶת יְחִידְ/ךָ֖ מִמֶּֽ/נִּי
English Translation
And he said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
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Chapter 22 Context
1
Sometime later God (Elohim) tested Abraham. He called out to him, “Abraham!” “I'm here,” Abraham rep...
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God (Elohim) told him, “Go with your son, your only son, the one you love, to the land of Moriah and...
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Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled up his donkey. He took two servants and Isaac with h...
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He told his servants, “Wait here with the donkey while I go with the boy and worship God (Elohim). T...
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Abraham had Isaac carry the wood for the burnt offering, while he carried the fire and the knife, an...
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Isaac said to Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “Well, we have the fire and the woo...
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“God (Elohim) will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied, and they went...
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When they arrived at the place where God (Elohim) had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and pla...
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9
Abraham picked up the knife, ready to slaughter his son.
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10
But the angel of the Lord shouted to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes, I'm here,” he replie...
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The angel said, “Don't touch the boy! Don't do anything to him, because now I know that you truly do...
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12
Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in some bushes. He brought the ram over and sacr...
13
Abraham called the place “The Lord will Provide.” That's still a saying people use today: “the Lord...
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14
The angel of the Lord shouted again to Abraham from heaven,
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15
“I swear by myself, says the Lord, that because you have done this and didn't refuse to give me your...
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you can be sure that I will bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as numerous as the...
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All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants because you did what I told you.”
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18
Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they went back together to Beersheba where Abraham was li...
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19
Sometime later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has had sons for your brother Nahor.”
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Uz was the firstborn, then his brother Buz, Kemuel (who became the ancestor of Arameans),
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Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
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(Bethuel was Rebekah's father.) Milcah had these eight sons for Abraham's brother Nahor.
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23
In addition, Reumah his concubine had Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
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