¹ And it shall be, that all these things shall come upon thee, the blessing and the curse^◦, which I have put^◦ before thee, and thou shalt return to^▵ thy heart, in all the nations whither Jehovah thy God has expelled thee.

² And thou shalt return even·​·to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to His voice, according·​·to all that I^▵ command thee today, thou^◦ and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

³ and Jehovah thy God will turn·​·back thy captivity, and have·​·compassion·​·on thee, and will return and bring· thee ·together from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God has scattered thee.

⁴ If any of thine be expelled to the end parts of the heavens, from thence will Jehovah thy God bring· thee ·together, and from thence will He fetch thee;

⁵ and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into^▵ the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do· thee ·good, and multiply thee above^◦ thy fathers.

⁶ And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, so·​·that thou mayest live.

⁷ And Jehovah thy God will put^◦ all these curses^▫ on thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, who persecuted thee.

⁸ And thou^◦ shalt return and hearken to the voice of Jehovah, and do all His commandments which I^▵ command thee today.

⁹ And Jehovah thy God will make thee excel^◦ in every work^◦ of thy hand, in the fruit of thy belly, and in the fruit of thy beasts, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah will return to have·​·joy over thee for good, as^◦ He had·​·joy over thy fathers:

¹⁰ when^◦ thou obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the Law, and when^◦ thou return to^▵ Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

¹¹ For this commandment which I^▵ command thee today, is not too wonderful for thee, neither is it far·​·off.

¹² It^◦ is not in the heavens, to say, Who shall go·​·up for us to^▫ the heavens, and fetch it for us, that we may hear it, and do it?

¹³ Neither is it across the sea, to say, Who shall cross the sea for us, and fetch it for us, that we may hear it, and do it?

¹⁴ But the Word is very near to^▵ thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, to do it.

¹⁵ See, I have put^◦ before thee today life and good, and death and evil;

¹⁶ in that I^▵ command thee today to love Jehovah thy God, to walk^◦ in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments; and thou shalt live and multiply; and Jehovah thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou come to possess it.

¹⁷ But if thy heart turn^◦, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

¹⁸ I tell you today, that perishing you shall perish, you shall not prolong your days upon the ground, whither thou^◦ cross·​·over the Jordan to go·​·in to possess it.

¹⁹ I call· the heavens and the earth ·to·​·testify today against^◦ you, that I have put^◦ before thee life and death, blessing and cursing^◦; and choose life, so·​·that thou mayest live, thou^◦ and thy seed:

²⁰ to love Jehovah thy God, to obey His voice, and to stick to Him; for He^◦ is thy lives^*, and the length of thy days, to dwell on the ground which Jehovah promised to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them^◦.

¹ It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

² He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."

³ Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.

⁴ On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

⁵ Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you."

⁶ Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

⁷ Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"

⁸ Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.

⁹ They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

¹⁰ Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

¹¹ The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

¹² He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

¹³ Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

¹⁴ Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, "On Yahweh's mountain, it will be provided."

¹⁵ The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,

¹⁶ and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

¹⁷ that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

¹⁸ In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

¹⁹ So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

²⁰ It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

²¹ Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

²² Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."

²³ Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

²⁴ His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.