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 Ja pärast neid sündmusi kiusas Jumal Aabrahami ning ütles temale: „Aabraham!" Ja ta vastas: „Siin ma olen!"
2 Ja Tema ütles: „Võta nüüd Iisak, oma ainus poeg, keda sa armastad, ja mine Morija maale ning ohverda ta seal põletusohvriks ühel neist mägedest, mis Ma sulle nimetan!"
3 Ja Aabraham tõusis hommikul vara, saduldas oma eesli, võttis enesega ühes oma kaks noort meest ja oma poja Iisaki, lõhkus põletusohvri puud, seadis minekule ja läks paika, millest Jumal temale oli rääkinud.
4 Kolmandal päeval Aabraham tõstis oma silmad üles ja nägi seda paika kaugelt.
5 Ja Aabraham ütles oma noortele meestele: „Jääge teie eesliga siia. Mina ja poiss läheme sinna, kummardame ja tuleme siis tagasi teie juurde."
6 Ja Aabraham võttis põletusohvri puud, pani need oma pojale Iisakile õlale, võttis oma kätte tule ja noa ning mõlemad läksid üheskoos.
7 Ja Iisak rääkis oma isa Aabrahamiga ning ütles: „Isa!" Ja tema vastas: „Siin ma olen, mu poeg!" Siis ta ütles: „Näe, siin on tuli ja puud, aga kus on ohvritall?"
8 Ja Aabraham vastas: „Küllap Jumal vaatab Enesele ohvritalle, mu poeg!" Nõnda läksid mõlemad üheskoos.
9 Ja kui nad jõudsid paika, millest Jumal temale oli rääkinud, ehitas Aabraham sinna altari, ladus puud, sidus kinni oma poja Iisaki ja pani ta altarile puude peale.
10 Ja Aabraham sirutas käe ja võttis noa, et oma poega tappa.
11 Aga Issanda Ingel hüüdis teda taevast ja ütles: „Aabraham, Aabraham!" Ja tema vastas: „Siin ma olen!"
12 Siis Ta ütles: „Ära pane kätt poisi külge ja ära tee temale midagi, sest nüüd Ma tean, et sa kardad Jumalat ega keela Mulle oma ainust poega!"
13 Ja Aabraham tõstis oma silmad üles, vaatas, ja ennäe, üks jäär oli rägastikus sarvipidi kinni! Ja Aabraham läks ning võttis jäära ja ohverdas selle põletusohvriks oma poja asemel.
14 Ja Aabraham pani sellele paigale nimeks: „Issand näeb!" Seepärast öeldakse tänapäevalgi: „Mäel, kus Issand Ennast ilmutab!"
15 Ja Issanda Ingel hüüdis Aabrahami teist korda taevast
16 ning ütles temale: „Ma vannun Iseenese juures, ütleb Issand: sellepärast, et sa seda tegid ega keelanud Mulle oma ainust poega,
17 Ma õnnistan sind tõesti ja teen su soo väga paljuks nagu tähti taevas ja nagu liiva mere ääres, ja su sugu vallutab oma vaenlaste väravad!
18 Ja sinu soo nimel õnnistavad endid kõik maailma rahvad, sellepärast et sa võtsid kuulda Mu häält!"
19 Siis Aabraham läks tagasi oma noorte meeste juurde, ja nad tõusid ning läksid üheskoos Beer-Sebasse. Ja Aabraham jäi elama Beer-Sebasse.
20 Ja pärast neid sündmusi teatati Aabrahamile ja öeldi: „Vaata, Milka on ka su vennale Naahorile poegi ilmale toonud:
21 Uusi, tema esmasündinu Buusi, selle venna, Kemueli, Arami isa,
22 Kesedi, Haso, Pildase, Jidlafi ja Betueli."
23 Ja Betuelile sündis Rebeka. Need kaheksa tõi Milka ilmale Naahorile, Aabrahami vennale.
24 Ja tema liignaine, Reuma nimi, sünnitas ka — Teba, Gahami, Tahase ja Maaka.