Inutusan ng Dios si Abraham na Ihandog si Isaac
1Dumating ang panahon na sinubukan ng Dios si Abraham. Tinawag niya si Abraham, at sumagot si Abraham sa kanya. 2Pagkatapos, sinabi niya, “Dalhin mo ang kaisa-isa22:2 kaisa-isa: o, katangi-tangi. at pinakamamahal mong anak na si Isaac, at pumunta kayo sa lupain ng Moria. Umakyat kayo sa bundok na ituturo ko sa iyo at ialay mo siya sa akin bilang handog na sinusunog.”
3Kinabukasan, maagang nagsibak si Abraham ng mga kahoy na gagamitin sa paghahandog, at isinakay niya ito sa asno. Lumakad siya kasama si Isaac at ang dalawa niyang aliping lalaki papunta sa lugar na sinabi sa kanya ng Dios. 4Nang ikatlong araw ng kanilang paglalakbay, nakita ni Abraham sa di-kalayuan ang lugar na sinabi sa kanya ng Dios. 5Kaya sinabi ni Abraham sa dalawa niyang alipin, “Dito muna kayo at bantayan ninyo ang asno, dahil aakyat kami roon para sumamba sa Dios. Babalik din kami agad.” 6Ipinapasan ni Abraham kay Isaac ang mga kahoy na gagamitin sa paghahandog, at siya ang nagdala ng itak at sulo.
7Habang lumalakad sila, sinabi ni Isaac, “Ama!” Sumagot si Abraham, “Bakit anak?” Nagtanong si Isaac, “May dala po tayong sulo at panggatong pero nasaan po ang tupa na ihahandog?”
8Sumagot si Abraham, “Anak, ang Dios mismo ang magbibigay sa atin ng tupang ihahandog.” At nagpatuloy sila sa paglalakad.
9Nang dumating sila sa lugar na sinabi ng Dios, gumawa si Abraham ng altar na bato, at inihanda niya ang mga kahoy sa ibabaw nito. Pagkatapos, iginapos niya si Isaac at inihiga sa ibabaw ng altar. 10Kinuha niya ang itak. At nang papatayin na sana niya si Isaac, 11tinawag siya ng anghel ng Panginoon mula sa langit, “Abraham! Abraham!” Sumagot si Abraham, “Narito po ako.” 12Sinabi ng anghel, “Huwag mong patayin ang anak mo! Ngayon, napatunayan ko na may takot ka sa Dios dahil hindi mo ipinagkait ang kaisa-isa mong anak.” 13Paglingon ni Abraham, may nakita siyang isang lalaking tupa na ang sungay ay nasabit sa mga sanga ng kahoy, at hindi na ito makaalis. Kaya kinuha ito ni Abraham at inihandog bilang handog na sinusunog kapalit ng kanyang anak. 14Tinawag ni Abraham ang lugar na iyon na “Naglalaan ang Panginoon.” Ito ang pinagmulan ng kasabihang, “Sa bundok ng Panginoon may inilalaan siya.”
15Muling tinawag ng anghel ng Panginoon si Abraham mula sa langit. 16-17Sinabi niya, “Ito ang sinasabi ng Panginoon: Sumusumpa ako sa sarili ko na pagpapalain kita nang lubos dahil hindi mo ipinagkait sa akin ang kaisa-isa mong anak. Bibigyan kita ng mga lahi na kasindami ng mga bituin sa langit at ng buhangin sa dalampasigan. Sasakupin nila ang mga lungsod ng kanilang mga kaaway. 18At sa pamamagitan ng iyong mga lahi,22:18 mga lahi: o, lahi. pagpapalain ko ang lahat ng bansa sa mundo, dahil sumunod ka sa akin.”
19Pagkatapos nito, binalikan nila Abraham at Isaac ang kanilang mga alipin. At bumalik sila sa Beersheba at doon na nanirahan.
Ang mga Lahi ni Nahor
20Pagkalipas ng ilang panahon, nabalitaan ni Abraham na ang kapatid niyang si Nahor ay may mga anak kay Milca: 21Si Uz ang panganay, sumunod sina Buz, Kemuel (ang ama ni Aram), 22Kesed, Hazo, Pildas, Jidlaf at Betuel. 23Silang walo ay ang mga anak ni Nahor kay Milca. Si Betuel ang ama ni Rebeka. 24May mga anak din si Nahor sa isa pa niyang asawa na si Reuma. Silaʼy sina Teba, Gaham, Tahas at Maaca.
Abraham Tested
1Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
2Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”
3Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
6Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
9When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
12“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
13Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram22:13 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind him caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
15The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18and through your offspring22:18 Or seed all nations on earth will be blessed,22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20) because you have obeyed me.”
19Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.
Nahor’s Sons
20Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor: 21Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram), 22Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.” 23Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor. 24His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.
