¹ And it was, after these words^*, that God tempted Abraham, and said to^▵ him, Abraham; and he said, Behold me.

² And He said, Take, I pray^◦, thy son, thine only·​·one, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and go to^▵ the land of Moriah, and offer· him ·up there for a burnt·​·offering upon one of the mountains of which I will speak^◦ to^▵ thee.

³ And Abraham got·​·up·​·early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his lads with^◦ him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood of the burnt·​·offering, and rose·​·up, and went to^▵ the place of which God said to him.

⁴ And on^◦ the third day Abraham lifted·​·up his eyes, and saw the place afar·​·off.

⁵ And Abraham said to^▵ his lads, Sit ye here with the donkey, and I^◦ and the lad will go thither^▫, and we will bow· ourselves ·down, and will return to^▵ you.

⁶ And Abraham took the wood of the burnt·​·offering, and set it on Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and the two of them went together.

⁷ And Isaac said to^▵ Abraham his father; and he said, My father; and he said, Behold me, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood; and where^◦ is the lamb^◦ for a burnt·​·offering?

⁸ And Abraham said, God will see for Himself the lamb^◦ for a burnt·​·offering, my son; and they went the two of them together.

⁹ And they came to^▵ the place which God said to him; and Abraham built there the altar, and arranged the wood, and bound^▵ Isaac his son, and set him on the altar on the wood.

¹⁰ And Abraham put·​·forth^◦ his hand, and took the knife to slaughter his son.

¹¹ And the angel of Jehovah called to^▵ him out·​·of the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham; and he said, Behold me.

¹² And He said, Put· not ·forth^◦ thy hand to^▵ the lad, and do not anything to him; for now I know that thou^◦ fearest God, and thou hast not kept·​·back thy son, thine only·​·one, from Me.

¹³ And Abraham lifted his eyes, and saw, and behold a ram behind him, seized in a thicket by his 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-will-see, as^◦ it is said today, In the mountain Jehovah will see.

¹⁵ And the angel of Jehovah called to^▵ Abraham a second time out·​·of the heavens,

¹⁶ and said, By Myself have I promised, says^◦ Jehovah, for because of this thing which thou hast done, and hast not kept·​·back thy son, thine only·​·one,

¹⁷ that blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea; and thy seed shall possess the gate of thine enemies.

¹⁸ And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because^▵ of that in which^◦ thou hast obeyed My voice.

¹⁹ And Abraham returned to^▵ his lads; and they rose·​·up, and went together to^▵ Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt in Beer-sheba.

²⁰ And it was, after these words, that it was·​·told to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she^◦ also has given·​·birth to sons for Nahor thy brother:

²¹ Uz his firstborn, 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 Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bring·​·forth^◦ for Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

²⁴ And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she^◦ also gave·​·birth to Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maachah.

¹ Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life.

² Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

³ Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

⁴ "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

⁵ The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

⁶ "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."

⁷ Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

⁸ He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

⁹ that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me among you for a possession of a burying-place."

¹⁰ Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

¹¹ "No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."

¹² Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

¹³ He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."

¹⁴ Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

¹⁵ "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."

¹⁶ Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants' standard.

¹⁷ So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded

¹⁸ to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

¹⁹ After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.

²⁰ The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.