{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:36:08.578Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And it came to pass after these things, that God tried Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! and he said, Here am I."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah, and there offer him up for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up and went to the place that God had told him of."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And Abraham said to his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and the knife, and they went both of them together."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the sheep for a burnt-offering?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself with the sheep for a burnt-offering. And they went both of them together."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built the altar there, and piled the wood; and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slaughter his son."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Here am I."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And he said, Stretch not out thy hand against the lad, neither do anything to him; for now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt-offering instead of his son."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh; as it is said at the present day, On the mount of Jehovah will be provided."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the Angel of Jehovah called to Abraham from the heavens a second time,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and said, By myself I swear, saith Jehovah, that, because thou hast done this, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also has borne sons to thy brother Nahor:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"(And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And his concubine, named Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maacah."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 22 (DBT)","markdown":"[Genesis 22](https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/22 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}