Verse 16
Genesis 22:16
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר בִּ֥/י נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֗י יַ֚עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשִׂ֨יתָ֙ אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֔ה וְ/לֹ֥א חָשַׂ֖כְתָּ אֶת בִּנְ/ךָ֥ אֶת יְחִידֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And I said, “I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this word and did not spare your son, your only one.”
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Chapter 22 Context
1
And it came to pass after these things, that God (Elohim) did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abra...
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And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the l...
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And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him,...
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On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; a...
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And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his...
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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...
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And Abraham said, God (Elohim) will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son: so they w...
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And they came to the place which God (Elohim) had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, an...
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10
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
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11
And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Her...
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12
And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him; for now I know that t...
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13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by h...
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14
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of...
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15
And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,
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and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not wit...
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that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the...
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and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
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So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraha...
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And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also h...
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Uz his firstborn, 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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And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
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And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
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