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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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Vajtswv Kom Anplahas Muab Ixaj Fij

¹Tau ib ntu tom qab no Vajtswv txawm sim Anplahas siab. Vajtswv hu Anplahas hais tias, “Anplahas!” Anplahas teb hais tias, “Kuv nyob ntawm no.”
²Vajtswv hais tias, “Koj cia li coj koj tib leeg tub Ixaj uas koj hlub tshaj plaws, mus rau pem tebchaws Mauliyas. Koj cia li muab nws tua hlawv fij pub rau kuv saum lub roob uas kuv yuav qhia rau koj.”
³Hnub tom qab thaum sawv ntxov Anplahas sawv los txiav taws npaj coj mus hlawv khoom fij, muab taws nog rau nws tus neesluav thauj, coj Ixaj thiab coj nws ob tug tubtxib nrog nws mus. Lawv txawm sawv kev mus rau pem qhov chaw uas Vajtswv tau qhia rau Anplahas lawm. ⁴Thaum lawv mus tau peb hnub ke lawm, Anplahas tsa qhovmuag saib pom thaj chaw uas Vajtswv qhia rau nws tseem nyob deb. ⁵Ces nws txawm hais rau ob tug tubtxib tias, “Neb nrog tus neesluav nyob ntawm no. Kuv tus tub thiab kuv yuav mus pehawm Vajtswv nyob rau ped, thaum wb pehawm tas, wb mam rov qab los.”
⁶Anplahas muab cov taws uas yuav hlawv khoom fij rau Ixaj kwv, Anplahas nqa riam thiab hluavtaws. Ces nkawd txawm mus rau pem roob lawm, ⁷Ixaj hais tias, “Txiv!”
Anplahas teb hais tias, “Tub, koj hais dabtsi?”
Ixaj nug hais tias, “Txiv, kuv pom koj muaj hluavtaws thiab muaj taws, tiamsis tus menyuam yaj uas yuav coj mus tua hlawv fij nyob qhov twg?”
⁸Anplahas teb hais tias, “Vajtswv yuav muab ib tug menyuam yaj rau wb.” Ces nkawd ob txivtub txawm ua ke taug kev mus lawm.
⁹Thaum nkawd mus txog ntawm qhov chaw uas Vajtswv qhia rau Anplahas lawm, Anplahas thiaj teeb tau ib lub thaj thiab muab taws tso rau saum lub thaj ntawd. Nws thiaj muab nws tus tub pav thiab coj mus tso rau saum cov taws, saum lub thaj. ¹⁰Ces Anplahas txawm khaws nkaus riam los yuav nkaug Ixaj. ¹¹Tamsim ntawd tus TSWV tus timtswv hu tawg ntho saum ntuj tuaj rau Anplahas hais tias, “Anplahas, Anplahas!”
Anplahas teb hais tias, “Kuv nyob ntawm no.” ¹²Tus timtswv hais tias, “Tsis txhob tua tus metub ko thiab tsis txhob ua li cas rau nws hlo li.” Nws hais ntxiv tias, “Nimno kuv paub hais tias koj yeej mloog lus thiab hwm Vajtswv heev, rau qhov koj tsis khuvxim koj tib leeg tub, koj zoo siab hlo coj tuaj pub rau kuv.”
¹³Anplahas tig hlo saib ib puagncig, nws pom ib tug laug yaj kub daig ntawm ib xyuv hmab. Anplahas thiaj mus muab los tua hlawv fij rau Vajtswv hloov nws tus tub chaw. ¹⁴Anplahas thiaj tis npe rau qhov chaw ntawd hu ua, “Tus TSWV npaj tseg.” Thiab txawm yog niaj hnub no los neeg tseem pheej hu hais tias, “Saum tus TSWV lub roob uas nws npaj tseg.”
¹⁵Tus TSWV tus timtswv rov hu saum ntuj tuaj rau Anplahas dua zaum ob hais tias, ¹⁶“Kuv coglus los ntawm kuv lub npe, kuv yuav foom koob hmoov nplua mias rau koj, tus TSWV yog tus hais li no. Rau qhov koj tau ua raws li kuv hais thiab koj tsis khuvxim koj tib leeg tub uas koj muab fij rau kuv. ¹⁷Kuv thiaj coglus tseg rau koj hais tias, kuv yuav pub koj muaj xeebntxwv coob npaum li tej hnubqub saum nruab ntug lossis npaum li tej suabzeb nram ntug hiavtxwv. Koj cov xeebntxwv yuav ntaus yeej lawv cov yeebncuab. ¹⁸Thiab kuv yuav foom koob hmoov tawm ntawm koj cov xeebntxwv mus rau txhua haivneeg uas nyob thoob ntiajteb, vim koj mloog kuv lus.” ¹⁹Anplahas thiaj rov qab los rau nram nws ob tug tubtxib, thiab lawv rov los rau nram Npesenpas uas yog Anplahas qhov chaw nyob lawm.

Nahaus Cov Xeebntxwv

²⁰Tau tsis ntev los tom qab no muaj neeg mus qhia rau Anplahas hais tias, “Milekas yug tau yim leej menyuam rau koj tus kwv Nahaus:” ²¹Uxes yog tus tub hlob, Npuxes yog nws tus kwv, Kemuyees uas yog Alas txiv, ²²Khexes, Haxaus, Piledas, Yilafes thiab Npethuyees. ²³Npethuyees yog Lenpekas txiv. Milekas yug tau yim leej tub no rau Nahaus uas yog Anplahas tus kwv. ²⁴Nahaus tus niamyau Lehumas, yug tau Tenpas, Nkahas, Tahases thiab Ma-akas.