One
day God said to Abraham to try him, “Take now they son, thine only son Isaac,
whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for
a burnt offering.”
So
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his
young men with him, and Isaac his son.
On
the third day he lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
And
Abraham left the young men behind, and went up the mountain with Isaac. Then
said Isaac, “My father, behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for
the burnt offering?” And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide Himself a
lamb.”
Then
Abraham built an altar, and laid the wood in order and laid Isaac his son upon
the wood.
And
Abraham took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of God called to him out
of heaven, “Abraham, Abraham, lay not thine hand upon the lad, for now I know
that thou fearest God.”
And
Abraham saw behind him a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So he took the
ram and offered it on the altar instead of Isaac.
Gen.
22: 1-13