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Genesis 22

God tests Abraham by asking him to offer his son Isaac on Mount Moriah. Abraham obeys, trusting that God will provide. At the last moment the angel stops him, and Abraham sacrifices a ram caught in a thicket, naming the place "The LORD will provide."

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Key verses

  • Verse 2God asks for what Abraham loves most.
  • Verse 8Abraham trusts that God himself will provide.
  • Verse 14God is named the LORD who provides.

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.SelectedGenesis 22:1Ask

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.SelectedGenesis 22:2Ask

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.SelectedGenesis 22:3Ask

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.SelectedGenesis 22:4Ask

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.SelectedGenesis 22:5Ask

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.SelectedGenesis 22:6Ask

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?SelectedGenesis 22:7Ask

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.SelectedGenesis 22:8Ask

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.SelectedGenesis 22:9Ask

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.SelectedGenesis 22:10Ask

And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.SelectedGenesis 22:11Ask

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.SelectedGenesis 22:12Ask

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.SelectedGenesis 22:13Ask

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.SelectedGenesis 22:14Ask

And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,SelectedGenesis 22:15Ask

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:SelectedGenesis 22:16Ask

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;SelectedGenesis 22:17Ask

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.SelectedGenesis 22:18Ask

So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.SelectedGenesis 22:19Ask

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;SelectedGenesis 22:20Ask

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,SelectedGenesis 22:21Ask

And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.SelectedGenesis 22:22Ask

And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.SelectedGenesis 22:23Ask

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.SelectedGenesis 22:24Ask

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