The Offering of Isaac (John 3:1–21)
2 Brenton And he said, Take thy son, the beloved one, whom thou hast loved—Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole-burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. BSB BSB: “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.” 3 Brenton And Abraam rose up in the morning and saddled his ass, and he took with him two servants, and Isaac his son, and having split wood for a whole-burnt-offering, he arose and departed, and came to the place of which God spoke to him, BSB BSB: So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
4 Brenton on the third day; and Abraam having lifted up his eyes, saw the place afar off. BSB BSB: On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
7 Brenton And Isaac said to Abraam his father, Father. And he said, What is it, son? And he said, Behold the fire and the wood, where is the sheep for a whole-burnt-offering? BSB BSB: Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
9 Brenton came to the place which God spoke of to him; and there Abraam built the altar, and laid the wood on it, and having bound the feet of Isaac his son together, he laid him on the altar upon the wood. BSB BSB: When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
10 Brenton And Abraam stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay his son. BSB BSB: Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
The LORD Provides the Sacrifice 12 Brenton And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that thou fearest God, and for my sake thou hast not spared thy beloved son. BSB BSB: “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
13 Brenton And Abraam lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! a ram caught by his horns in a plant of Sabec; and Abraam went and took the ram, and offered him up for a whole-burnt-offering in the place of Isaac his son. BSB BSB: Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
14 Brenton And Abraam called the name of that place, The Lord hath seen; that they might say to-day, In the mount the Lord was seen. BSB BSB: And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
15 Brenton And an angel of the Lord called Abraam the second time out of heaven, BSB BSB: And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
16 Brenton saying, I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, because thou hast done this thing, and on my account hast not spared thy beloved son, BSB BSB: saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
17 Brenton surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies. BSB BSB: I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
18 Brenton And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearkened to my voice. BSB BSB: And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
19 Brenton And Abraam returned to his servants, and they arose and went together to the well of the oath; and Abraam dwelt at the well of the oath. BSB BSB: Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
The Sons of Nahor 20 Brenton And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Abraam, saying, Behold, Melcha herself too has born sons to Nachor thy brother, BSB BSB: Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
21 Brenton Uz the first-born, and Baux his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians, and Chazad, and BSB BSB: Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
22 Brenton Azav and Phaldes, and Jeldaph, and Bathuel, and Bathuel begot Rebecca; BSB BSB: Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23 Brenton these are eight sons, which Melcha bore to Nachor the brother of Abraam. BSB BSB: And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
24 Brenton And his concubine whose name was Rheuma, she also bore Tabec, and Taam, and Tochos, and Mocha. BSB BSB: Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.