Genesis 22 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Abraham’s Faith Tested

(Heb 11:17–19 )

Gen 22:1Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called.
“Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.”

Gen 22:2“Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

Gen 22:3

Gen 22:3The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.

Gen 22:4

Gen 22:4On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

Gen 22:5

Gen 22:5“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told the servants. “The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back.”

Gen 22:6

Gen 22:6So Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac’s shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them walked on together,

Gen 22:7

Gen 22:7Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“We have the fire and the wood,” the boy said, “but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”

Gen 22:8

Gen 22:8“God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham answered. And they both walked on together.

Gen 22:9

Gen 22:9When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

Gen 22:10

Gen 22:10And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice.

Gen 22:11

Gen 22:11At that moment the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Yes,” Abraham replied. “Here I am!”

Gen 22:12

Gen 22:12“Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”

Gen 22:13

Gen 22:13Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Gen 22:14

Gen 22:14Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the LORD will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

Gen 22:15

Gen 22:15Then the angel of the LORD called again to Abraham from heaven.

Gen 22:16

Gen 22:16“This is what the LORD says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I swear by my own name that

Gen 22:17

Gen 22:17I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants[fn] beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.

Gen 22:18

Gen 22:18And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”

Gen 22:19

Gen 22:19Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.

Gen 22:20

Gen 22:20Soon after this, Abraham heard that Milcah, his brother Nahor’s wife, had borne Nahor eight sons.

Gen 22:21

Gen 22:21The oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, followed by Kemuel (the ancestor of the Arameans),

Gen 22:22

Gen 22:22Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

Gen 22:23

Gen 22:23(Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) In addition to these eight sons from Milcah,

Gen 22:24

Gen 22:24Nahor had four other children from his concubine Reumah. Their names were Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

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(22:17)

Hebrew seed; also in 22:17b, 18.

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