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- Chapter 22 -

(John 3:1–21)
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After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
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He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”
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Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
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On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
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Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come back to you.”
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Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.
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Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
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Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.
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They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
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Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

The LORD Provides the Sacrifice

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The LORD’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
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He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
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Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
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Abraham called the name of that place “The LORD Will Provide”.(a) As it is said to this day, “On the LORD’s mountain, it will be provided.”
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The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
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and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says the LORD, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.
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All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”
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So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

The Sons of Nahor

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After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
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Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
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Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
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Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
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His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Footnotes

(a)22:14 or, the LORD Jireh, or, the LORD Seeing
(John 3:1–21)
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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.(a)
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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.
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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.
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Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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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.
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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.
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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?(b)
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And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
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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.
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And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

The LORD Provides the Sacrifice

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And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
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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.
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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.
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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.(c)
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And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
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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:
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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;(d)
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And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
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So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.

The Sons of Nahor

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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;
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Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
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And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
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And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.(e)
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And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

Footnotes

(a)22:1 Behold…: Heb. Behold me
(b)22:7 lamb: or, kid
(c)22:14 Jehovah–jireh: that is, The Lord will see, or, provide
(d)22:17 shore: Heb. lip
(e)22:23 Rebekah: Gr. Rebecca
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