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Abraham’s Faith Confirmed

¹Now it came to pass after these things that ⚓God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
²Then He said, “Take now your son, ⚓your only son Isaac, whom you ⚓love, and go ⚓to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a ⚓burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
³So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. ⁴Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. ⁵And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will ⚓come back to you.”
⁶So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and ⚓laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. ⁷But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
⁸And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the ⚓lamb for a ⚓burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
⁹Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and ⚓laid him on the altar, upon the wood. ¹⁰And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
¹¹But the ⚓Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
¹²And He said, ⚓“Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for ⚓now I know that you fear God, since you have not ⚓withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
¹³Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. ¹⁴And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
¹⁵Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, ¹⁶and said: ⚓“By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— ¹⁷blessing I will ⚓bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants ⚓as the stars of the heaven ⚓and as the sand which is on the seashore; and ⚓your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. ¹⁸⚓In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, ⚓because you have obeyed My voice.” ¹⁹So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to ⚓Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

The Family of Nahor

²⁰Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Indeed ⚓Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: ²¹⚓Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father ⚓of Aram, ²²Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” ²³And ⚓Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. ²⁴His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.

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Aplahaa muab Yiha xyeem rua sau thaaj

¹Dhau ntawd lug Vaajtswv swm Aplahaa lub sab mas has rua nwg tas, “Aplahaa.” Aplahaa teb tas, “Kuv nyob nuav 'os.” ²Vaajtswv has tas, “Ca le coj koj tug tub Yiha, yog koj tuab tug tub kws koj hlub, moog rua Mauliya tebchaws hab muab nwg hlawv xyeem rua sau ib lub roob kws kuv yuav qha koj.” ³Aplahaa txawm sawv ntxuv tseeg pem eeb rua sau neeg luav hab coj nwg ob tug tub qhe kws tseed hluas hab nwg tug tub Yiha nrug nwg moog. Nwg txav tawg swv hlawv xyeem, hab taug kev moog rua lub chaw kws Vaajtswv has rua nwg. ⁴Thaus moog tau peb nub lawm Aplahaa tsaa muag saib pum lub chaw nyob deb deb. ⁵Aplahaa txhad has rua ob tug tub qhe tas, “Meb nrug neeg luav nyob ntawm nuav, kuv hab kuv tug tub yuav moog rua tim u, moog pe hawm Vaajtswv taag, ib le maav rov lug rua ntawm meb nuav.” ⁶Aplahaa muab cov tawg kws yuav swv hlawv xyeem hov rua nwg tug tub Yiha kwv, hab nwg coj suavtawg hab rag huv nwg txhais teg. Tes ob tug txhad ua ke moog. ⁷Yiha has rua nwg txwv Aplahaa tas, “Txwv.” Aplahaa teb tas, “Mivtub, koj has daabtsw?” Yiha txhad has tas, “Muaj suavtawg hab muaj tawg rauv tassws tug mivnyuas yaaj kws yuav muab hlawv xyeem nyob hovtwg?” ⁸Aplahaa has tas, “Mivtub, Vaajtswv nwg yuav npaaj hab pub tug mivnyuas yaaj kws swv hlawv xyeem hov.” Mas ob tug txhad ua ke taug kev moog.
⁹Thaus ob tug moog txug qhov chaw kws Vaajtswv tau has rua nwg lawm, Aplahaa txawm ua ib lub thaaj rua hov ntawd hab muab cov tawg tib tuab zoo rua sau. Nwg muab nwg tug tub Yiha khi lug tso rua sau cov tawg sau lub thaaj. ¹⁰Tes Aplahaa txawm cev teg muab rag lug yuav tua nwg tug tub. ¹¹Tassws Yawmsaub tug tubkhai ntuj hu sau ntuj tuaj rua nwg hab has tas, “Aplahaa, Aplahaa.” Aplahaa teb tas, “Kuv nyob nuav 'os.” ¹²Tug tubkhai ntuj has tas, “Tsw xob kov tug mivnyuas tub hab tsw xob ua le caag rua nwg hlo le, tsua qhov nwgnuav kuv paub tseeb lawm tas koj fwm hab paub ntshai Vaajtswv vem qhov kws koj swv nyog muab koj tug tub, kws yog koj tuab tug tub pub rua kuv.” ¹³Aplahaa tsaa muag saib na cav pum muaj ib tug txwv yaaj nyob tom nwg qaab kws txwm kub khuab rua ib xyov ntoo ntum ntum. Aplahaa txhad moog muab tug txwv yaaj hov lug xyeem ua kevcai hlawv xyeem theej nwg tug tub chaw. ¹⁴Aplahaa txhad hu lub chaw hov tas Yawmsaub yuav npaaj hab pub,⚓ yaam le kws has lug txug naj nub nwgnuav tas “Yuav npaaj hab pub rua sau Yawmsaub lub roob.”
¹⁵Yawmsaub tug tubkhai ntuj hu sau ntuj tuaj rua Aplahaa zag ob, ¹⁶hab has tas, “Yawmsaub has tas, Kuv tuav kuv lub npe cog lug ruaj tas, vem qhov kws koj ua le nuav es swv nyog koj tug tub, kws yog koj tuab tug tub, ¹⁷mas kuv yeej yuav foom koob moov rua koj tag tag le, kuv yuav ua rua koj caaj ceg fuam vaam coob heev yaam le tej nub qub sau ntuj hab yaam le tej xuab zeb ntawm ntug havtxwv. Koj caaj ceg yuav tau yeeb ncuab tej rooj loog ua puab tug. ¹⁸Ib tsoom tebchaws huv lub nplajteb yuav tau koob moov ntawm koj caaj ceg, vem koj noog kuv tej lug.” ¹⁹Aplahaa txhad rov qaab moog ntswb nwg ob tug tub qhe hluas, hab puab ua ke moog rua Npe‑awsenpa. Aplahaa kuj nyob ntawm Npe‑awsenpa.

Nahau caaj ceg

²⁰Dhau ntawd lug muaj tuabneeg has rua Aplahaa tas, “Meekha yug tau mivnyuas rua koj tug kwv Nahau. ²¹Us yog tug hlub, Npub yog tug kwv, hab muaj Khemu‑ee kws yog Alaa txwv, ²²hab Khexe, Haxo, Pinta, Yila hab Npethu‑ee.” ²³Npethu‑ee yog Lenpekha txwv. Meekha yug tau yim leej tub nuav rua Nahau kws yog Aplahaa tug kwv. ²⁴Tsw taag le ntawd Nahau tug nam yau kws npe hu ua Le‑uma yug tau Thenpa, Kahaa, Thahas hab Ma‑akha.