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Genesis 22 Darby Translation

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  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
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  • Protestant (66 books)
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  • 1890
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1 And it came to pass after these things, that God tried Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! and he said, Here am I.
1 After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son], whom thou lovest, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah, and there offer him up for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
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 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up and went to the place that God had told him of.
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 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.
4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
5 And Abraham said to his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
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 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and the knife, and they went both of them together.
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 And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the sheep for a burnt-offering?
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 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself with the sheep for a burnt-offering. And they went both of them together.
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 of which God had told him. And Abraham built the altar there, and piled the wood; and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
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 Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slaughter his son.
10 Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
11 And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Here am I.
11 Yahweh’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
12 And he said, Stretch not out thy hand against the lad, neither do anything to him; for now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son], from me.
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 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt-offering instead of his son.
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 Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh; as it is said at the present day, On the mount of Jehovah will be provided.
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 And the Angel of Jehovah called to Abraham from the heavens a second time,
15 Yahweh’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
16 and said, By myself I swear, saith Jehovah, that, because thou hast done this, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son],
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 richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
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 thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.
18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”
19 And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also has borne sons to thy brother Nahor:
20 After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
21 Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23 (And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24 And his concubine, named Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maacah.
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

    Father of nations

    Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25

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  • Aram

    Son of Kemuel

    Son of Kemuel and grandson of Nahor, named in the list of Nahor's descendants.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:21

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  • Bethuel

    Father of Rebekah and Laban

    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

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  • Buz

    Son of Nahor and Milcah

    The brother of Uz, second of the eight sons Milcah bore to Nahor.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:21

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  • Chesed

    Son of Nahor and Milcah

    One of the eight sons Milcah bore to Nahor.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:22

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  • Gaham

    Son of Nahor and Reumah

    One of the four children Nahor's concubine Reumah bore.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:24

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  • Hazo

    Son of Nahor and Milcah

    One of the eight sons Milcah bore to Nahor.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:22

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  • Isaac

    Child of promise

    The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27

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  • Jidlaph

    Son of Nahor and Milcah

    One of the eight sons Milcah bore to Nahor.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:22

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  • Kemuel

    Son of Nahor; father of Aram

    A son of Nahor and Milcah, named as the father of Aram.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:21

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  • Maacah

    Son of Nahor and Reumah

    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

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  • Milcah

    Wife of Nahor, daughter of Haran

    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

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  • Pildash

    Son of Nahor and Milcah

    One of the eight sons Milcah bore to Nahor.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:22

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  • Reumah

    Nahor's concubine

    Nahor's concubine, who bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maacah.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:24

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  • Tahash

    Son of Nahor and Reumah

    One of the four children Nahor's concubine Reumah bore.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:24

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  • Tebah

    Son of Nahor and Reumah

    One of the four children Nahor's concubine Reumah bore, named first.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:24

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  • Uz

    Firstborn son of Nahor

    The firstborn of the eight sons Milcah bore to Nahor.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:21

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Cross references (22)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Hebrews 11:17; Deuteronomy 8:2; James 2:21; James 1:12–14; 1 Corinthians 10:13
  2. 2 John 3:16; Romans 8:32; Hebrews 11:17; 1 John 4:9–10; Genesis 17:19
  3. 3 Psalm 119:60; Matthew 10:37; Luke 14:26; Genesis 17:23; Genesis 21:14
  4. 4 Luke 13:32; Matthew 17:23; 1 Corinthians 15:4; Hosea 6:2; 2 Kings 20:5
  5. 5 Hebrews 11:19
  6. 6 John 19:17; 1 Peter 2:24; Isaiah 53:6; Matthew 8:17
  7. 7 Romans 8:15; Exodus 12:3; Genesis 8:20; John 18:11; Genesis 4:2–4
  8. 8 John 1:36; John 1:29; Revelation 5:12; Revelation 13:8; Genesis 18:14
  9. 9 James 2:21; Hebrews 11:17–19; Philippians 2:7–8; Matthew 26:1–27; Hebrews 9:28
  10. 10 James 2:21–23; Hebrews 11:17–19
  11. 11 Exodus 3:4; Genesis 21:17; Genesis 16:9–10; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 22:1
  12. 12 James 2:21–22; James 2:18; 1 Samuel 15:22; Romans 8:32; Matthew 10:37–38
  13. 13 1 Corinthians 10:13; Psalm 40:6–8; 2 Corinthians 1:9–10; 1 Peter 1:19–20; Genesis 22:8
  14. 14 Genesis 22:13; Exodus 17:15; Judges 6:24; Genesis 22:8; Genesis 16:13–14
  15. 16 Luke 1:73; Hebrews 6:13–14; Psalm 105:9; Jeremiah 51:14; Jeremiah 49:13
  16. 17 Genesis 15:5; Jeremiah 33:22; Genesis 24:60; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 13:16
  17. 18 Acts 3:25; Galatians 3:16; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 26:4–5; Genesis 18:18
  18. 19 Genesis 21:31; Judges 20:1; Joshua 15:28
  19. 20 Genesis 11:29; Genesis 24:24; Genesis 11:26; Genesis 24:15; Proverbs 25:25
  20. 21 Job 1:1; Psalm 60:1–12; Job 32:2; Genesis 24:10; Numbers 23:7
  21. 23 Genesis 24:15; Genesis 24:60; Genesis 24:24; Genesis 28:5; Genesis 24:51
  22. 24 Genesis 25:6; Proverbs 15:25; Genesis 16:3

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 22:17 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XXVI–XXXIII)

    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.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 22:6 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Preface)

    Righteously also do we, possessing the same faith as Abraham, and taking up the cross as Isaac did the wood, follow Him.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 22:18 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book X, Chapters 30–31)

    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)

  4. Quotes verse 22:10–12 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 29–32)

    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)

  5. Quotes verse 22:14 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 29–32)

    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)