2 WYC God seide to him, Take thi `sone oon gendrid, whom thou louest, Ysaac; and go into the lond of visioun, and offre thou hym there in to brent sacrifice, on oon of the hillis whiche Y schal schewe to thee. 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 WYC Therfor Abraham roos bi niyt, and sadlide his asse, and ledde with hym twey yonge men, and Ysaac his sone; and whanne he hadde hewe trees in to brent sacrifice, he yede to the place which God hadde comaundid 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 WYC Forsothe in the thridde dai he reiside hise iyen, and seiy a place afer; BSB BSB: On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
7 WYC And he answerde, What wolt thou, sone? He seide, Lo! fier and trees, where is the beeste of brent sacrifice? 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 WYC Therfor thei yeden to gidere, and camen to the place whiche God hadde schewid to hym, in which place Abraham bildide an auter, and dresside trees a boue; and whanne he hadde bounde to gidere Ysaac, his sone, he puttide Ysaac in the auter, on the heep of trees. 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 WYC And he helde forth his hond, and took the swerd to sacrifice his sone. BSB BSB: Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
12 WYC Which answerde, I am present. And the aungel seide to hym, Holde thou not forth thin honde on the child, nether do thou ony thing to him; now Y haue knowe that thou dredist God, and sparidist not thin oon gendrid sone for me. 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 WYC Abraham reiside hise iyen, and he seiy `bihynde his bak a ram cleuynge bi hornes among breris, which he took, and offride brent sacrifice for the sone. 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 WYC And he clepide the name of that place, The Lord seeth; wherfore it is seyd, til to dai, The Lord schal see in the hil. 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 WYC Forsothe the aungel of the Lord clepide Abraham the secounde tyme fro heuene, BSB BSB: And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
16 WYC and seide, The Lord seith, Y haue swore bi my silf, for thou hast do this thing, and hast not sparid thin oon gendrid for me, 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 WYC Y schal blesse thee, and Y schal multiplie thi seed as the sterris of heuene, and as grauel which is in the brynk of the see; thi seed schal gete the yatis of hise enemyes; 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 WYC and alle the folkis of erthe schulen be blessid in thi seed, for thou obeiedist to my vois. BSB BSB: And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
19 WYC Abraham turnede ayen to hise children, and thei yeden to Bersabee to gidere, and he dwellide there. BSB BSB: Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
20 WYC And so whanne these thingis weren don, it was teld to Abraham that also Melcha hadde bore sones to Nachor his brother; BSB BSB: Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
21 WYC Hus the firste gendrid, and Buz his brothir, and Chamuhel the fadir of Sireis, BSB BSB: Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
22 WYC and Cased, and Asan, and Feldas, BSB BSB: Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23 WYC and Jedlaf, and Batuhel, of whom Rebecca was borun; Melcha childide these eiyte to Nachor brother of Abraham. BSB BSB: And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
24 WYC Forsothe his concubyn, Roma bi name, childide Thabee, and Gaon, and Thaas, and Maacha. BSB BSB: Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.