God Commands Abraham to Offer Isaac
1 Some time later God tested Abraham; he called to him, “Abraham!” And Abraham answered, “Yes, here I am!”
2 “Take your son,” God said, “your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me.”
3 Early the next morning Abraham cut some wood for the sacrifice, loaded his donkey, and took Isaac and two servants with him. They started out for the place that God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham saw the place in the distance. 5 Then he said to the servants, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there and worship, and then we will come back to you.”
6 Abraham made Isaac carry the wood for the sacrifice, and he himself carried a knife and live coals for starting the fire. As they walked along together, 7 Isaac spoke up, “Father!”
He answered, “Yes, my son?”
Isaac asked, “I see that you have the coals and the wood, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?”
8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide one.” And the two of them walked on together.
9 When they came to the place which God had told him about, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. He tied up his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he picked up the knife to kill him. 11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!”
He answered, “Yes, here I am.”
12 “Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him,” he said. “Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him.”
13 Abraham looked around and saw a ram caught in a bush by its horns. He went and got it and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 Abraham named that place “The Lord Provides.” And even today people say, “On the Lord's mountain he provides.”
15 The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time, 16 “I make a vow by my own name—the Lord is speaking—that I will richly bless you. Because you did this and did not keep back your only son from me, 17 I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies. 18 All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants—all because you obeyed my command.” 19 Abraham went back to his servants, and they went together to Beersheba, where Abraham settled.
The Descendants of Nahor
20 Some time later Abraham learned that Milcah had borne eight children to his brother Nahor: 21 Uz the first-born, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel, 23 Rebecca's father. Milcah bore these eight sons to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 Reumah, Nahor's concubine, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
1 Pēc šiem notikumiem gadījās, ka Dievs pārbaudīja Ābrahāmu un viņam sacīja: „Ābrahām!“ Un tas atbildēja: „Te es esmu.“
2 Tad Viņš teica: „Ņem savu vienīgo dēlu, kuru tu mīli, īzāku, un ej uz Morija zemi un upurē to tur par dedzināmo upuri uz kāda no kalniem, kuru Es tev norādīšu.“
3 Un Ābrahāms posās rītā ceļam; apsegloja savu ēzeli, paņēma sev līdzi divus savus puišus, kā arī savu dēlu—īzāku; sacirta malku dedzināmam upurim un devās uz to vietu, kādu Dievs viņam bija norādījis.
4 Un trešajā dienā Ābrahāms pacēla savas acis un ieraudzīja to vietu iztālēm.
5 Un Ābrahāms sacīja saviem puišiem: „Palieciet jūs ar ēzeli šeitan. Bet es ar zēnu gribu iet turpu, un mēs gribam pielūgt, bet pēc tam atkal atgriezīsimies pie jums.“
6 Un Ābrahāms paņēma dedzināmo malku un to uzlika īzākam, savam dēlam, bet pats savā rokā ņēma uguni un nazi, un abi soļoja viens otram līdzās.
7 Tad īzāks sacīja Ābrahāmam, savam tēvam: „Mans tēvs!“ Tas teica: „Te es esmu, mans bērns.“ Tas teica: „Te ir uguns un malka, bet kur tad ir upurējamais jērs?“
8 Ābrahāms sacīja: „Gan Dievs pats izraudzīs sev jēru upurim, mans dēls.“ Un abi soļoja viens otram līdzās.
9 Un tie nonāca līdz vietai, kādu tam Dievs bija noteicis, un Ābrahāms uzcēla tur altāri, sakārtoja malku, sasēja savu dēlu īzāku un uzcēla to uz altāra virs malkas.
10 Un Ābrahams izstiepa savu roku un satvēra nazi, lai nokautu savu dēlu.
11 Bet Dieva eņģelis no debesīm sauca viņam: „Abrahām! Ābrahām!“
12 Bet tas teica: „Te es esmu.“ Un viņš sacīja: „Neizstiep savu roku pret savu dēlu un nedari tam it nekā, jo tagad Es zinu, ka tu bīsties Dievu un neesi taupījis savu vienīgo dēlu Manis labad.“
13 Un Ābrahāms pacēla savas acis un ieraudzīja tur aunu aiz sevis, kas ar saviem ragiem bija saķēries krūmājos, un Ābrahāms piegāja klāt, paņēma aunu un nolika to par dedzināmo upuri sava dēla vietā.
14 Un Ābrahāms nosauca šo vietu: „Jahve-jire.“ Tā vēl šodien mēdz teikt: Uz kalna: „Dievs izredz.“
15 Tad Dieva eņģelis sauca Ābrahāmu otrreiz no debesīm
16 Un sacīja: „Es esmu zvērējis, saka tas Kungs, ka tāpēc, ka tu šo esi darījis un neesi taupījis savu vienīgo dēlu,
17 Es tevi svētīdams svētīšu un vairodams vairošu tavus pēcnācējus kā debesu zvaigznes, kā smiltis, kas jūras krastmalā.
18 Un tavi pēcnācēji iekaros tavu ienaidnieku vārtus. Un tavos pēcnācējos tiks svētītas visas zemes tautas, tāpēc ka tu esi bijis paklausīgs manam vārdam.“
19 Un Ābrahāms atgriezās pie saviem puišiem, un tie cēlās un gāja kopā uz Bēršebu, un Ābrahāms dzīvoja Bēršebā.
20 Un pēc šiem notikumiem Ābrahāmam tika pateikts: „Redzi, ari Milka ir dzemdējusi bērnus Nahoram, tavam brālim:
21 Ucu, viņa pirmdzimto, un Buzu, tā brāli, un Kemuēlu, aramiešu ciltstēvu,
22 Ari Kesedu, Chazu, Pildašu, Jidlapu un Betuēlu.“
23 Un Betuēls dzemdināja Rebeku. Visus šos astoņus dzemdēja Milka Nahoram, Ābrahāma brālim.
24 Un arī viņa blakus sieva, vārdā Reuma, dzemdēja dēlus: Tebachu, Gahamu, Tahasu un Maāchu.
