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== Bereishis (Book of Genesis), Chapter 22 ==

<named id="1"/>1 And it came to pass after these things, that G-d did prove Abraham, and said unto him: 'Abraham'; and he said: 'Here am I.'

<named id="2"/>2 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.'

<named id="3"/>3 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 cleaved the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which G-d had told him.

<named id="4"/>4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

<named id="5"/>5 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 back to you.'

<named id="6"/>6 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.

<named id="7"/>7 And Isaac spoke 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?'

<named id="8"/>8 And Abraham said: 'G-d will provide Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son.' So they went both of them together.

<named id="9"/>9 And they came to the place which G-d 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.

<named id="10"/>10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

<named id="11"/>11 And the angel of HaShem called unto him out of heaven, and said: 'Abraham, Abraham.' And he said: 'Here am I.'

<named id="12"/>12 And he said: 'Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou art a G-d-fearing man, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from Me.'

<named id="13"/>13 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.

<named id="14"/>14 And Abraham called the name of that place Adonai-jireh; as it is said to this day: 'In the mount where HaShem is seen.'

<named id="15"/>15 And the angel of HaShem called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,

<named id="16"/>16 and said: 'By Myself have I sworn, saith HaShem, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,

<named id="17"/>17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

<named id="18"/>18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

<named id="19"/>19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

<named id="20"/>20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying: 'Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor:

<named id="21"/>21 Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram;

<named id="22"/>22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.'

<named id="23"/>23 And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

<named id="24"/>24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

== See also ==
* [[Bereishis 21|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Bereishis 22 Commentaries]]
* [[Bereishis 23|Next Chapter]]

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