1 And it came to pass after these things, that God tried Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! and he said, Here am I.2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only {son}, whom thou lovest, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah, and there offer him up for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.3 And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up and went to the place that God had told him of.4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.5 And Abraham said to his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.6 And 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, and they went both of them together.7 And Isaac spoke to 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 sheep for a burnt-offering?8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself with the sheep for a burnt-offering. And they went both of them together.9 And they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built the altar there, and piled the wood; and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.10 And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slaughter his son.11 And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Here am I.12 And he said, Stretch not out thy hand against the lad, neither do anything to him; for now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only {son}, from me.13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt-offering instead of his son.14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh; as it is said at the present day, On the mount of Jehovah will be provided.15 And the Angel of Jehovah called to Abraham from the heavens a second time,16 and said, By myself I swear, saith Jehovah, that, because thou hast done this, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only {son},17 I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.19 And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also has borne sons to thy brother Nahor:21 Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.23 (And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.24 And his concubine, named Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maacah.
1 N hierdie dinge het God Abraham op die proef gestel en aan hom gesê: Abraham! En hy antwoord: Hier is ek!2 Toe sê Hy: Neem jou seun, jou enigste, wat jy liefhet, Isak, en gaan na die land Mor¡a en offer hom daar as brandoffer op een van die berge wat Ek jou sal aanwys.3 Daarop het Abraham die môre vroeg klaargemaak en sy esel opgesaal en twee van sy dienaars en sy seun Isak saam met hom geneem; en hy het hout gekloof vir 'n brandoffer en opgestaan en na die plek gegaan wat God hom aangewys het.4 Op die derde dag toe slaan Abraham sy oë op en sien die plek van ver af.5 En Abraham sê aan sy dienaars: Bly julle hier met die esel; ek en die seun wil daarheen gaan om te aanbid en dan na julle terugkom.6 En Abraham het die hout vir die brandoffer geneem en dit op sy seun Isak gesit, en die vuur en die mes in sy hand geneem. So het hulle twee dan saam geloop.7 Toe spreek Isak met sy vader Abraham en sê: My vader! En hy antwoord: Hier is ek, my seun! En hy sê: Hier is die vuur en die hout, maar waar is die lam vir 'n brandoffer?8 En Abraham antwoord: God sal vir Homself die lam vir 'n brandoffer voorsien, my seun. So het hulle twee dan saam geloop.9 Toe hulle kom op die plek wat God hom aangewys het, het Abraham daar die altaar gebou en die hout reggelê; daarna het hy sy seun Isak gebind en hom op die altaar bo-op die hout gesit.10 Toe steek Abraham sy hand uit en neem die mes om sy seun te slag.11 Maar die Engel van die HERE het na hom van die hemel af geroep en gesê: Abraham, Abraham! En hy antwoord: Hier is ek!12 En Hy sê: Moenie jou hand na die seun uitsteek nie, en doen hom niks nie; want nou weet Ek dat jy God vrees en jou seun, jou enigste, van My nie teruggehou het nie.13 En toe Abraham sy oë opslaan, sien hy meteens 'n ram wat agter in die bos met sy horings vasgeraak het. En Abraham het gegaan en die ram geneem en dit as brandoffer in die plek van sy seun geoffer.14 En Abraham het die plek genoem: Die HERE sal voorsien! Sodat vandag nog gesê word: Op die berg van die HERE sal dit voorsien word.15 Toe roep die Engel van die HERE vir die tweede keer na Abraham van die hemel af16 en sê: Ek sweer by Myself, spreek die HERE, omdat jy dit gedoen het en jou seun, jou enigste, nie teruggehou het nie,17 dat Ek jou ryklik sal seën en jou nageslag grootliks sal vermeerder soos die sterre van die hemel en soos die sand wat aan die seestrand is; en jou nageslag sal die poort van sy vyande in besit neem.18 En in jou nageslag sal al die nasies van die aarde geseën word, omdat jy na my stem geluister het.19 En Abraham het na sy dienaars teruggekeer; en hulle het klaargemaak en saam na Bers,ba gegaan. En Abraham het in Bers,ba bly woon.20 N hierdie dinge het hulle aan Abraham berig gebring en gesê: Kyk, Milka het ook vir jou broer Nahor seuns gebaar:21 Us, sy eersgeborene, en Bus, sy broer, en K,muel, die vader van Aram,22 ook Kesed en Haso en Pildas en Jidlaf en B,tuel.24 En sy byvrou met die naam van ReÂma, sy het ook Tebag en Gaham en Tahas en M äga gebaar.