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Genesis 22 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 After these things occurred, God tested Abraham, and he said to him, “Abraham, Abraham.” And he answered, “Here I am.”
1 Y ACONTECIÓ después de estas cosas, que tentó Dios á Abraham, y le dijo: Abraham. Y él respondió: Heme aquí.
1 After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
2 He said to him: “Take your only begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of vision. And there you shall offer him as a holocaust upon one of the mountains, which I will show to you.”
2 Y dijo: Toma ahora tu hijo, tu único, Isaac, á quien amas, y vete á tierra de Moriah, y ofrécelo allí en holocausto sobre uno de los montes que yo te diré.
2 He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”
3 And so Abraham, getting up in the night, harnessed his donkey, taking with him two youths, and his son Isaac. And when he had cut wood for the holocaust, he traveled toward the place, as God had instructed him.
3 Y Abraham se levantó muy de mañana, y enalbardó su asno, y tomó consigo dos mozos suyos, y á Isaac su hijo: y cortó leña para el holocausto, y levantóse, y fué al lugar que Dios le dijo.
3 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 Then, on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place at a distance.
4 Al tercer día alzó Abraham sus ojos, y vió el lugar de lejos.
4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
5 And he said to his servants: “Wait here with the donkey. I and the boy will hurry further ahead to that place. After we have worshipped, will return to you.”
5 Entonces dijo Abraham á sus mozos: Esperaos aquí con el asno, y yo y el muchacho iremos hasta allí, y adoraremos, y volveremos á vosotros.
5 Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come back to you.”
6 He also took the wood for the holocaust, and he imposed it upon his son Isaac. And he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword. And as the two continued on together,
6 Y tomó Abraham la leña del holocausto, y púsola sobre Isaac su hijo: y él tomó en su mano el fuego y el cuchillo; y fueron ambos juntos.
6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.
7 Isaac said to his father, “My father.” And he answered, “What do you want, son?” “Behold,” he said, “fire and wood. Where is the victim for the holocaust?”
7 Entonces habló Isaac á Abraham su padre, y dijo: Padre mío. Y él respondió: Heme aquí, mi hijo. Y él dijo: He aquí el fuego y la leña; mas ¿dónde está el cordero para el holocausto?
7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 But Abraham said, “God himself will provide the victim for the holocaust, my son.” Thus they continued on together.
8 Y respondió Abraham: Dios se proveerá de cordero para el holocausto, hijo mío. E iban juntos.
8 Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.
9 And they came to the place that God had shown to him. There he built an altar, and he set the wood in order upon it. And when he had bound his son Isaac, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood.
9 Y como llegaron al lugar que Dios le había dicho, edificó allí Abraham un altar, y compuso la leña, y ató á Isaac su hijo, y púsole en el altar sobre la leña.
9 They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
10 And he reached out his hand and took hold of the sword, in order to sacrifice his son.
10 Y extendió Abraham su mano, y tomó el cuchillo, para degollar á su hijo.
10 Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
11 And behold, an Angel of the Lord called out from heaven, saying, “Abraham, Abraham.” And he answered, “Here I am.”
11 Entonces el ángel de Jehová le dió voces del cielo, y dijo: Abraham, Abraham. Y él respondió: Heme aquí.
11 Yahweh’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
12 And he said to him, “Do not extend your hand over the boy, and do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, since you have not spared your only begotten son for my sake.”
12 Y dijo: No extiendas tu mano sobre el muchacho, ni le hagas nada; que ya conozco que temes á Dios, pues que no me rehusaste tu hijo, tu único.
12 He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he saw behind his back a ram among the thorns, caught by the horns, which he took and offered as a holocaust, instead of his son.
13 Entonces alzó Abraham sus ojos, y miró, y he aquí un carnero á sus espaldas trabado en un zarzal por sus cuernos: y fué Abraham, y tomó el carnero, y ofrecióle en holocausto en lugar de su hijo.
13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
14 And he called the name of that place: ‘The Lord Sees.’ Thus, even to this day, it is said: ‘On the mountain, the Lord will see.’
14 Y llamó Abraham el nombre de aquel lugar, Jehová proveerá. Por tanto se dice hoy: En el monte de Jehová será provisto.
14 Abraham called the name of that place “Yahweh Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will be provided.”
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called out to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying:
15 Y llamó el ángel de Jehová á Abraham segunda vez desde el cielo,
15 Yahweh’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
16 “By my own self, I have sworn, says the Lord. Because you have done this thing, and have not spared your only begotten son for my sake,
16 Y dijo: Por mí mismo he jurado, dice Jehová, que por cuanto has hecho esto, y no [me] has rehusado tu hijo, tu único;
16 and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says Yahweh, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17 I will bless you, and I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.
17 Bendiciendo te bendeciré, y multiplicando multiplicaré tu simiente como las estrellas del cielo, y como la arena que está á la orilla del mar; y tu simiente poseerá las puertas de sus enemigos:
17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.
18 And in your offspring, all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you obeyed my voice.”
18 En tu simiente serán benditas todas las gentes de la tierra, por cuanto obedeciste á mi voz.
18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”
19 Abraham returned to his servants, and they went to Beersheba together, and he lived there.
19 Y tornóse Abraham á sus mozos, y levantáronse y se fueron juntos á Beer-seba; y habitó Abraham en Beer-seba.
19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
20 After these things occurred, it was reported to Abraham that Milcah, likewise, had borne sons for his brother Nahor:
20 Y aconteció después de estas cosas, que fué dada nueva á Abraham, diciendo: He aquí que también Milca ha parido hijos á Nachôr tu hermano:
20 After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
21 Uz, the firstborn, and Buz, his brother, and Kemuel, the father of the Syrians,
21 A Huz su primogénito, y á Buz su hermano, y á Kemuel padre de Aram,
21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 and Chesed, and Hazo, likewise Pildash, and Jidlaph,
22 Y á Chêsed, y á Hazo, y á Pildas, y á Jidlaph, y á Bethuel.
22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23 as well as Bethuel, of whom was born Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore for Nahor, the brother of Abraham.
23 Y Bethuel engendró á Rebeca. Estos ocho parió Milca á Nachôr, hermano de Abraham.
23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24 In truth, his concubine, named Reumah, bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
24 Y su concubina, que se llamaba Reúma, parió también á Teba, y á Gaham, y á Taas, y á Maachâ.
24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Bethuel
The last-named of Milcah's eight sons by Nahor and the father of Rebekah and Laban, who with Laban agreed to Rebekah's marriage to Isaac.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:22–23; Genesis 24:15; Genesis 24:50
Buz
The brother of Uz, second of the eight sons Milcah bore to Nahor.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:21
Chesed
Gaham
One of the four children Nahor's concubine Reumah bore.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:24
Hazo
Isaac
The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27
Jidlaph
Kemuel
A son of Nahor and Milcah, named as the father of Aram.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:21
Maacah
The last-named of the four children Nahor's concubine Reumah bore (the text does not state the child's sex; the list is usually read as sons).
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:24
Milcah
Haran's daughter and the sister of Iscah, who became the wife of Nahor.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:29; Genesis 22:20; Genesis 22:23
Pildash
Reumah
Nahor's concubine, who bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maacah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:24
Tahash
One of the four children Nahor's concubine Reumah bore.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:24
Tebah
One of the four children Nahor's concubine Reumah bore, named first.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:24
Uz
The firstborn of the eight sons Milcah bore to Nahor.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:21
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebrews 11:17; Deuteronomy 8:2; James 2:21; James 1:12–14; 1 Corinthians 10:13
- 2 John 3:16; Romans 8:32; Hebrews 11:17; 1 John 4:9–10; Genesis 17:19
- 3 Psalm 119:60; Matthew 10:37; Luke 14:26; Genesis 17:23; Genesis 21:14
- 4 Luke 13:32; Matthew 17:23; 1 Corinthians 15:4; Hosea 6:2; 2 Kings 20:5
- 5 Hebrews 11:19
- 6 John 19:17; 1 Peter 2:24; Isaiah 53:6; Matthew 8:17
- 7 Romans 8:15; Exodus 12:3; Genesis 8:20; John 18:11; Genesis 4:2–4
- 8 John 1:36; John 1:29; Revelation 5:12; Revelation 13:8; Genesis 18:14
- 9 James 2:21; Hebrews 11:17–19; Philippians 2:7–8; Matthew 26:1–27; Hebrews 9:28
- 10 James 2:21–23; Hebrews 11:17–19
- 11 Exodus 3:4; Genesis 21:17; Genesis 16:9–10; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 22:1
- 12 James 2:21–22; James 2:18; 1 Samuel 15:22; Romans 8:32; Matthew 10:37–38
- 13 1 Corinthians 10:13; Psalm 40:6–8; 2 Corinthians 1:9–10; 1 Peter 1:19–20; Genesis 22:8
- 14 Genesis 22:13; Exodus 17:15; Judges 6:24; Genesis 22:8; Genesis 16:13–14
- 16 Luke 1:73; Hebrews 6:13–14; Psalm 105:9; Jeremiah 51:14; Jeremiah 49:13
- 17 Genesis 15:5; Jeremiah 33:22; Genesis 24:60; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 13:16
- 18 Acts 3:25; Galatians 3:16; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 26:4–5; Genesis 18:18
- 19 Genesis 21:31; Judges 20:1; Joshua 15:28
- 20 Genesis 11:29; Genesis 24:24; Genesis 11:26; Genesis 24:15; Proverbs 25:25
- 21 Job 1:1; Psalm 60:1–12; Job 32:2; Genesis 24:10; Numbers 23:7
- 23 Genesis 24:15; Genesis 24:60; Genesis 24:24; Genesis 28:5; Genesis 24:51
- 24 Genesis 25:6; Proverbs 15:25; Genesis 16:3
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Nor are his other tribes in small glory, inasmuch as God had promised, "Thy seed shall be as the stars of heaven." All these, therefore, were highly honoured, and made great, not for their own sake, or for their own works, or for the righteousness which they wrought, but through the operation of His will.
Righteously also do we, possessing the same faith as Abraham, and taking up the cross as Isaac did the wood, follow Him.
This, I say, is the universal way for the deliverance of believers, concerning which the faithful Abraham received the divine assurance, "In thy seed shall all nations be blessed." He, indeed, was by birth a Chaldæan; but, that he might receive these great promises, and that there might be propagated from him a seed "disposed by angels in the hand …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy beloved son for my sake." It is said, "Now I know," that is, Now I have made to be known; for God was not previously ignorant of this.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Then, having offered up that ram instead of Isaac his son, "Abraham," as we read, "called the name of that place The Lord seeth: as they say this day, In the mount the Lord hath appeared." As it is said, "Now I know," for Now I have made to be known, so here, "The Lord sees," for The Lord hath …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)