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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 22 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/22.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Genesis 22</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/21.htm" title="Genesis 21">◄</a> Genesis 22 <a href="../genesis/23.htm" title="Genesis 23">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/genesis/22.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Sacrifice of Isaac</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or young man; also verse 12">a</a></sup></span> will go over there and worship and come again to you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And 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. So they went both of them together. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So Abraham called the name of that place, “The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will provide”;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or will see">b</a></sup></span> as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> it shall be provided.”<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or he will be seen">c</a></sup></span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> called to Abraham a second time from heaven <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or their">d</a></sup></span> enemies, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now after these things it was told to Abraham, “Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>(Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>young man</i>; also verse 12<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">will</span> see</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>he will be seen</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>their</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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