1And it came to pass after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham"; and he said, "Here am I."
2And he said, "Take now your son, your only one, whom you love, Isaac, and go for yourself to the land of Moriah; and offer him up there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you."
3And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up and went to the place which God had told him.
4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place from afar.
5And Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and return to you."
6And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and the two of them went together.
7And Isaac spoke to 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 lamb for a burnt offering?"
8And Abraham said, "God will see for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went together.
9And they came to the place which God had told him; and Abraham built there the altar, and arranged the wood, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
10And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slaughter his son.
11And the messenger of YHWH called to him out of the heavens, and said, "Abraham, Abraham." And he said, "Here am I."
12And he said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do not do anything to him; for now I know that you are a fearer of God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from me."
13And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering in place of his son.
14And Abraham called the name of that place "YHWH will see," as it is said to this day, "On the mount of YHWH it shall be seen."
15And the messenger of YHWH called to Abraham a second time out of the heavens,
16and said, "By myself I have sworn, declares YHWH, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only one,
17that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the shore of the sea; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have listened to my voice."
19And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20And it came to pass after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to Nahor your brother:
21Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram;
22and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel."
23And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.