Genesis · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Genesis 22 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.
1 After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
2 He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision: and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will show thee.
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 So Abraham rising up in the night, saddled his ass: and took with him two young men, and Isaac his son: and when he had cut wood for the holocaust he went his way to the place which God had commanded him.
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 And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off.
4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
5 And he said to his young men: Stay you here with the ass: I and the boy will go with speed as far as yonder, and after we have worshipped, will return 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 he took the wood for the holocaust, and laid it upon Isaac his son: and he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword. And as they two went on 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 Isaac said to his father: My father. And he answered: What wilt thou, son? Behold, saith he, fire and wood: where is the victim for the holocaust?
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: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on 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 which God had shown him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it: and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of 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 he put forth his hand and took the sword, to sacrifice his son.
10 Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
11 And behold an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.
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: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake.
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 saw behind his back a ram amongst the briers sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust 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 he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon even to this day it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see.
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 the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying:
15 Yahweh’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
16 By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake:
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 thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore: thy seed shall possess the gates of their 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 be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.
18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”
19 Abraham returned to his young men, and they went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there.
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, it was told Abraham that Melcha also had borne children to Nachor his brother.
20 After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
21 Hus the firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians,
21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Cased, and Azau, and Pheldas, and Jedlaph,
22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23 And Bathuel, of whom was born Rebecca: These eight did Melcha bear to Nachor Abraham’s brother.
23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24 And his concubine, named Roma, bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha.
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
Buz
The brother of Uz, second of the eight sons Milcah bore to Nahor.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:21
Gaham
One of the four children Nahor's concubine Reumah bore.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:24
Isaac
The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27
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)