1It came about after these things that God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” Abraham said, “Here I am.”

2Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains there, which I will tell you about.”

3So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, along with Isaac his son. He cut the wood for the burnt offering, then set out on his journey to the place that God had told him about.

4On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place afar off.

5Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there. We will worship and come again to you.”

6Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on Isaac his son. He took in his own hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.

7Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father,” and he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “See, here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

8Abraham said, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So they went on, both of them together.

9When they came to the place that God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood on it. Then he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

10Abraham reached out with his hand and took up the knife to kill his son.

11Then the angel of Yahweh called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” and he said, “Here I am.”

12He said, “Do not lay your hand upon the lad, nor do anything to harm him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing that you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

13Abraham looked up and behold, behind him was a ram caught in the bushes by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

14So Abraham called that place, “Yahweh will provide,” and it is said to this day, “On the mountain of Yahweh it will be provided.”

15The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time from heaven

16and said—this is Yahweh's declaration—by myself I have sworn that because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

17I will surely bless you and I will greatly multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies.

18Through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

19So Abraham returned to his young men, and they departed and went together to Beersheba, and he lived at Beersheba.

20It came about after these things that Abraham was told, “Milkah has borne children, as well, to your brother Nahor.”

21They were Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

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

23Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These were the eight children that Milkah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

24His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.