1 Sometime later God tested Abraham. He called out to him, "Abraham!"
"I’m here," Abraham replied.
2 God told him, "Go with your son, your only son, the one you love, to the land of Moriah and sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I’ll tell you about."
3 Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled up his donkey. He took two servants and Isaac with him and went to cut firewood for the burnt offering. Then he left with them to go to the place God had told him about.
5 He told his servants, "Wait here with the donkey while I go with the boy and worship God. Then we’ll return."
7 Isaac said to Abraham, "Father?"
"Yes, my son?" Abraham replied.
"Well, we have the fire and the wood, but where’s the lamb for the burnt offering?" Isaac asked.
8 "God will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son," Abraham replied, and they went on walking up together.
11 But the angel of the Lord shouted to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"
"Yes, I’m here," he replied.
12 The angel said, "Don’t touch the boy! Don’t do anything to him, because now I know that you truly do what God tells you. You didn’t refuse to give me your son, your only son."
13 Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in some bushes. He brought the ram over and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14 Abraham called the place "The Lord will Provide." That’s still a saying people use today: "the Lord will provide on his mountain."
18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants because you did what I told you."