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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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亚伯拉罕献以撒
1这些事以后，上帝考验亚伯拉罕，对他说：“亚伯拉罕！”他说：“我在这里。”
2上帝说：“你要带你的儿子，就是你所爱的独子以撒，往摩利亚地去，在我指示你的一座山上，把他献为燔祭。”
3亚伯拉罕清早起来，预备了驴，带着跟他一起的两个仆人和他儿子以撒，劈好了燔祭的柴，就起身往上帝指示他的地方去了。
4到了第三日，亚伯拉罕举目遥望那地方。
5亚伯拉罕对他的仆人说：“你们和驴留在这里，我和孩子要去那里敬拜，然后回到你们这里来。”
6亚伯拉罕把燔祭的柴放在他儿子以撒身上，自己手里拿着火与刀；于是二人同行。
7以撒对他父亲亚伯拉罕说：“我父啊！”亚伯拉罕说：“我儿，我在这里。”以撒说：“看哪，火与柴都有了，但燔祭的羔羊在哪里呢？”
8亚伯拉罕说：“我儿，上帝必自己预备燔祭的羔羊。”于是二人同行。
9他们到了上帝指示他的地方，亚伯拉罕在那里筑坛，把柴摆好，绑了他儿子以撒，放在坛的柴上。
10亚伯拉罕就伸手拿刀，要杀他的儿子。
11耶和华的使者从天上呼唤他说：“亚伯拉罕！亚伯拉罕！”他说：“我在这里。”
12天使说：“不可在这孩子身上下手！一点也不可伤害他！现在我知道你是敬畏上帝的人了，因为你没有把你的儿子，就是你的独子，留下不给我。”
13亚伯拉罕举目观看，看哪，一只公绵羊两角缠在灌木丛中。亚伯拉罕就去牵了那只公绵羊，献为燔祭，代替他的儿子。
14亚伯拉罕给那地方起名叫“耶和华以勒”⚓ 。直到今日人还说：“在耶和华的山上必有预备。”
15耶和华的使者第二次从天上呼唤亚伯拉罕，
16说：“耶和华说：‘你既行了这事，没有留下你的儿子，就是你的独子，我指着自己起誓：
17我必多多赐福给你，我必使你的后裔大大增多，如同天上的星、海边的沙。你的后裔必得仇敌的城门，
18并且地上的万国都必因你的后裔得福，因为你听从了我的话。’”
19于是亚伯拉罕回到他仆人那里。他们一同起身，往别是巴去，亚伯拉罕就住在别是巴。
拿鹤的后代
20这些事以后，有人告诉亚伯拉罕说：“看哪，密迦也为你兄弟拿鹤生了几个儿子：
21长子乌斯、他的兄弟布斯、亚兰的父亲基摩利、
22基薛、哈琐、必达、益拉和彼土利。”
23彼土利生利百加。这八个人都是密迦为亚伯拉罕的兄弟拿鹤生的。
24拿鹤的妾名叫流玛，她也生了提八、迦含、他辖和玛迦。