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And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham , and said unto him, Abraham . And he said , Here am I.
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And he said , Take now thy son , thine only son , whom thou lovest , even Isaac , and get thee into the land of Moriah . And offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
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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 unto the place of which God had told him.
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On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes , and saw the place afar off.
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And Abraham said unto his young men , Abide ye here with the ass , and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship , and come again to you.
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And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son . And he took in his hand the fire and the knife . And they went both of them together.
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And Isaac spake unto 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 lamb for a burnt-offering?
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And Abraham said , God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son . So they went both of them together.
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And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son , and laid him on the altar , upon the wood .
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And Abraham stretched forth his hand , and took the knife to slay his son .
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And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven , and said , Abraham , Abraham . And he said , Here I am.
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And he said , Lay not thy hand upon the lad , neither do thou anything unto him. For now I know that thou fearest God , seeing thou hast not withheld thy son , thine only son , from me.
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And Abraham lifted up his eyes , and looked, and behold, behind [him] a ram caught in the thicket by his horns . And Abraham went and took the ram , and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son .
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And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah -jireh. As it is said to this day , In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
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And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven ,
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and said , By myself have I sworn , saith Jehovah , because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son , thine only son ,
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that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens , and as the sand which is upon the seashore . And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies .
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And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed . Because thou hast obeyed my voice .
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So Abraham returned unto his young men , and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
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And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham , saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto they brother Nahor .
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Uz his first-born , and Buz his brother , and Kemuel the father of Aram .
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And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash , and Jidlaph , and Bethuel .
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And Bethuel begat Rebekah . These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor , Abraham 's brother .
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And his concubine , whose name was Reumah , she also bare Tebah , and Gaham , and Tahash, and Maacah .