Genesis 22:1-24 MEV

[1] After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." [2] Then 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 will tell you." [3] So Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place that God had told him. [4] Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from a distance. [5] Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there and worship and then return to you." [6] So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. [7] But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." Then he said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" [8] Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together. [9] Then they came to the place that God had told him. So Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on the wood. [10] Then Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. [11] But the angel of the LORD called to him out of heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." [12] Then He said, "Do not lay your hands on the boy or do anything to him, because now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your only son from Me." [13] Then Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up as a burnt offering in the place of his son. [14] Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the LORD it will be provided." [15] Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham out of heaven a second time, [16] and said, "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, [17] I will indeed bless you and I will indeed multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens and as the sand that is on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies. [18] Through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." [19] So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. Then Abraham lived at Beersheba. [20] After these things Abraham was told, "Milkah has also borne children to your brother Nahor: [21] Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, [22] Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." [23] Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah gave birth to these eight to Nahor, Abraham's brother. [24] His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maakah.