God Tests Abraham

22 After these things God tested ·Abraham’s faith [^LAbraham]. God said to him, “Abraham!”

And he answered, “Here I am.”

² Then God said, “Take your ·only [or precious] son, Isaac, the son you love, and go to the land of Moriah [2 Chr. 3:1; ^Cthe temple would later be built here]. Offer him as a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

³ Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. He took Isaac and two ·servants [or young men] with him. After he cut the wood for the sacrifice, they went to the place God had told them to go. ⁴ On the third day Abraham ·looked up [^Llifted his eyes] and saw the place in the distance. ⁵ He said to his ·servants [or young men], “Stay here with the donkey. My son and I will go over there and worship, and then we will come back to you.”

⁶ Abraham took the wood for the ·sacrifice [^Lwhole burnt offering] and ·gave it to his son to carry [^Lplaced it on his son], but he himself took the knife and the ·fire [or tinder]. So he and his son went on together.

⁷ Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!”

Abraham answered, “Yes, my son.”

Isaac said, “We have the ·fire [or tinder] and the wood, but where is the ·lamb [sheep] ·we will burn as a sacrifice [^Lfor the whole burnt offering]?”

⁸ Abraham answered, “God will ·give us [provide; ^Lsee for] the ·lamb [sheep] for the ·sacrifice [whole burnt offering], my son.”

So Abraham and his son went on together ⁹ and came to the place God had told him about. Abraham built an altar there. He ·laid [arranged] the wood on it and then ·tied up [bound] his son Isaac and laid him on the wood on the altar. ¹⁰ Then Abraham [^Lsent his hand and] took his knife and was about to ·kill [slaughter] his son.