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And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold,
here I am.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom
thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer
him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which
I will tell thee of.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his
ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his
son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,
and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw
the place afar off.
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the
ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come
again to you,
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid
it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and
a knife; and they went both of them together.
And Isaac spake unto 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?
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb
for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and
Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order,
and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the
wood.
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
slay his son.
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and
said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou
any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God,
seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from
me.
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind
him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went
and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering
in the stead of his son.
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as
it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall
be seen.
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven
the second time,
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because
thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand
which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the
gate of his enemies;
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 22:1-18

"By faith Abaham when
he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the
promises, offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was
said, That, in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting
that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead: from
whence also he received him in a figure." Hebrews 11:17-19

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