{"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/drb/genesis/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:07:14.139Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision: and there thou shalt offer him for a holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will show thee. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"So Abraham rising up in the night, saddled his ass: and took with him two young men, and Isaac his son: and when he had cut wood for the holocaust he went his way to the place which God had commanded him. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And he said to his young men: Stay you here with the ass: I and the boy will go with speed as far as yonder, and after we have worshipped, will return to you. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And he took the wood for the holocaust, and laid it upon Isaac his son: and he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword. And as they two went on together, "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Isaac said to his father: My father. And he answered: What wilt thou, son? Behold, saith he, fire and wood: where is the victim for the holocaust? "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And they came to the place which God had shown him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it: and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And he put forth his hand and took the sword, to sacrifice his son. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And behold an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram amongst the briers sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon even to this day it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying: "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake: "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the seashore: thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Abraham returned to his young men, and they went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"After these things, it was told Abraham that Melcha also had borne children to Nachor his brother. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Hus the firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians, "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And Cased, and Azau, and Pheldas, and Jedlaph, "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And Bathuel, of whom was born Rebecca: These eight did Melcha bear to Nachor Abraham's brother. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And his concubine, named Roma, bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 22 (DRB)","markdown":"[Genesis 22](https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/22 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}