1Senere satte Gud Abrahams tro og lydighed på prøve. Det gik således til: „Abraham!” kaldte Gud. „Ja, Herre,” svarede han. „Jeg lytter!”2„Tag din eneste søn, Isak, som du elsker så højt, og rejs til det sted, der hedder Morija. Der skal du bringe ham som et brændoffer til mig på et bjerg, som jeg vil vise dig.”3Næste morgen stod Abraham meget tidligt op og kaldte på to af sine unge tjenere. Han bad dem om at kløve brænde til det bål, der skulle bruges til brændofferet, og om at gøre et æsel klar til rejsen. Derefter kaldte han på Isak, og de begav sig alle på vej mod det sted, Gud havde sagt ham.4Da de havde rejst i to dage, fik Abraham øje på stedet i det fjerne.5„Vent her med æslet,” sagde Abraham til tjenerne, „mens drengen og jeg går videre for at finde et sted at tilbede Herren. Vi kommer snart tilbage.”6Derefter lagde Abraham offerbrændet på Isaks skuldre, men kniven og de ulmende trækul til offerilden bar han selv. De to gik så videre alene.7„Far,” sagde Isak. „Ja, min dreng.” „Vi har brændet og ilden—men hvor er det lam, der skal ofres?”8„Det vil Gud selv sørge for, min dreng,” svarede Abraham. Så gik de videre i tavshed.9Da de kom til det sted, Abraham havde fået anvist af Gud, byggede han et stenalter og lagde brændet til rette ovenpå. Så bandt han sin søn, Isak, og lagde ham på alteret oven på brændet.10Abraham tog nu kniven og løftede den i vejret for at dræbe sin søn og ofre ham til Herren.11I samme øjeblik lød en røst fra Himlen: „Abraham! Abraham!” „Ja, Herre,” svarede han.12„Læg kniven ned og gør ikke drengen noget! For nu ved jeg, at du virkelig vil adlyde mig—siden du var villig til at ofre din eneste, elskede søn!”13Da Abraham så sig omkring, fik han øje på en vædder, hvis horn havde viklet sig ind i en busk. Han tog vædderen og ofrede den som brændoffer på alteret i stedet for sin søn.14Og Abraham kaldte stedet „Herren sørger for os”. Derfor siger man endnu den dag i dag: „På bjerget vil Herren sørge for os.”15Da råbte Gud igen til Abraham fra Himlen:16„Jeg er Herren, og jeg sværger ved mig selv, at fordi du adlød mig og ikke sparede din eneste søn,17vil jeg velsigne dig. Jeg vil gøre dine efterkommere talrige som himlens stjerner og sandet på stranden, og de vil bryde igennem portene på deres fjenders byer.18Desuden vil alle jordens folkeslag opleve velsignelse gennem en af dine efterkommere,* fordi du adlød mig!”19Derefter vendte Abraham og Isak tilbage til tjenerne, og de tog alle hjem til Be’ersheba. Der blev Abraham boende i nogen tid.
Nakors sønner
20Kort tid efter modtog Abraham følgende besked: „Milka—din bror Nakors kone—har født ham en række sønner. Deres navne er:21Utz, Buz, Kemuel, (som blev far til Aram),22Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaf og Betuel,23(som blev far til Rebekka). Disse otte sønner har Milka født Nakor.24Med sin anden kone, Reuma, har han fire sønner: Teba, Gaham, Tahash og Ma’aka.”
English Standard Version
The Sacrifice of Isaac
1After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”2He said, “Take 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, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.5Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy* will go over there and worship and come again to you.”6And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.7And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”8Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.9When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.10Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.11But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”12He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”13And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.14So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”;* as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”*15And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven16and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,17I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his* enemies,18and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”19So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.20Now after these things it was told to Abraham, “Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:21Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,22Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”23(Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.24Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
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