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1 ) And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
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2 ) And he said, Take now your son, yours only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you of.
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3 ) And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and 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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4 ) Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
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5 ) And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide all of you here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
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6 ) And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son, and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and they went both of them together.
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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?
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8 ) And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
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9 ) And they came to the place which God had told him of, and Abraham built an 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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10 ) And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
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11 ) And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
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12 ) And he said, Lay not yours hand upon the lad, neither do you any thing unto him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, yours only son from me.
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13 ) And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the position of his son.
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14 ) And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.