القراءة بلغتين

وكانَ بَعدَ هٰذه الأَحْداثِ أَنَّ اللهَ ٱمتَحَنَ إِبْراهيمَ فقالَ له: «يا إِبْراهيم». قالَ: «هاءَنَذا»

قال: «خُذِ ٱبنَكَ وَحيدَكَ الَّذي تُحِبُّه، إِسحٰق، وٱمضِ إِلى أَرضِ المورِيَّا وأَصعِدْه هُناكَ مُحرَقَةً على أَحَدِ الجِبالِ الَّذي أُريكَ»

فبَكَّرَ إِبْراهيمُ في الصَّباح وشَدَّ على حِمارِه وأَخَذَ معَه ٱثنَينِ مِن خَدَمِه وإِسحٰقَ ٱبنَه وشقَّقَ حَطَبًا لِلمُحرَقَة، وقامَ ومَضى إِلى المَكانِ الَّذي أَراه اللهُ إِيَّاه

وفي اليَومِ الثالِث، رَفَعَ إِبْراهيمُ عَينَيه فرأَى المَكانَ مِن بَعيد

فقالَ إِبْراهيمُ لِخادِمَيه: «أُمكُثا أَنتُما هٰهُنا معَ الحِمار، وأَنا والصَّبِيُّ نَمْضي إِلى هُناكَ فَنَسجُدُ ونَعودُ إِلَيكُما»

وأَخَذَ إِبْراهيمُ حَطَبَ المُحرَقَة وجَعَلَه على إِسحٰقَ ٱبنِه، وأَخَذَ بِيَدِه النَّارَ والسِّكِّين وذَهَبا كِلاهُما معًا

فكَلَّمَ إِسحٰقُ إِبْراهيمَ أَباه قال: «يا أَبتِ». قال: «هاءَنَذا، يا بُنَيَّ». قال: «هٰذه النَّارُ والحَطَب، فأَينَ الحَمَلُ لِلمُحرَقة؟»

فقالَ إِبْراهيم: «اللهُ يَرَى لِنَفْسِه الحَمَلَ لِلمُحرَقَة، يا بُنَيَّ» ومَضَيا كِلاهُما معًا

فلَمَّا وَصَلا إِلى المَكانِ الَّذي أَراه اللهُ إِيَّاه، بَنى إِبْراهيمُ هُناكَ المَذبَح ورَتَّبَ الحَطَب ورَبَطَ إِسحٰقَ ٱبنَه وجَعَله على المَذبَحِ فَوقَ الحَطَب

ومَدَّ إِبْراهيمُ يَدَه فأَخَذَ السِّكِّينَ لِيَذبَحَ ٱبنَه

فناداه مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ مِنَ السَّماءِ قائلًا: «إِبْراهيمُ إِبْراهيم!» قال: «هاءَنَذا»

قال: «لا تَمُدَّ يَدَكَ إِلى الصَّبِيِّ ولا تَفْعَلْ بِه شَيئًا، فإِنِّي الآنَ عَرَفتُ أَنَّكَ مُتَّقٍ للهِ، فلم تُمْسِكْ عنِّي ٱبنَكَ وَحيدَكَ»

فَرَفَعَ إِبْراهيمُ عَينَيه ونَظَر، فإِذا بِكَبشٍ واحِدٍ عالِقٍ بِقَرنَيه في دَغَل. فعَمَدَ إِبْراهيمُ إِلى الكَبْشِ وأَخَذَه وأَصعَدَه مُحرَقةً بَدَلَ ٱبنِه

وسَمَّى إِبْراهيمُ ذٰلكَ المَكانَ «الرَّبُّ يَرى»، ولِذٰلِكَ يُقالُ اليَوم: «في الجَبَل، الرَّبُّ يَرى»

وَنَادَى مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثَانِيَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ

وقال: «بِنَفْسي حلَفْتُ، يَقولُ الرَّبّ، بِما أَنَّكَ فَعَلتَ هٰذا الأَمرَ ولَم تُمسِكْ عنِّي ٱبنَكَ وَحيدَكَ

لَأُبارِكَنَّكَ وأُكَثِّرَنَّ نَسلَكَ كنُجومِ السَّماء وكالرَّملِ الَّذي على شاطئِ البَحر، ويَرِثُ نَسلُكَ مُدُنَ أَعدائِه

ويَتَبارَكُ بِنَسلِكَ جَميعُ أُمَمِ الأَرض، لِأَنَّكَ سَمِعتَ قَولي»

ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِبْراهيمُ إِلى خادِمَيه، فقاموا ومَضَوا مَعًا إِلى بِئرَ سَبْع، وأَقامَ إِبْراهيمُ في بِئْرَ سَبْع

وبعد هٰذه الأَحْداث، أُخبِرَ إِبْراهيمُ وقيلَ له: «إِنَّ مِلْكَةَ أَيضًا قد وَلَدَت بَنينَ لِناحورَ أَخيكَ

عُوصًا بِكْرَهُ، وَبُوزًا أَخَاهُ، وَقَمُوئِيلَ أَبَا أَرَامَ،

وكاسَد وحَزْوًا وفِلْداش ويِدْلاف وبَتوئيل» (ووَلَدَ بَتوئيلُ رِفقَة)

هٰؤُلاءِ الثَّمانِيَةُ وَلَدَتهُم مِلْكَةُ لِناحورَ أَخي إِبْراهيم

وسُرِّيَّتُه، وٱسمُها رَؤُومة، وَلَدَت أَيضًا طابَح وجاحَم وطاحَش ومَعْكَة

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

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.”

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.

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

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.”

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.

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?”

Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.

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.

Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

The LORD’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

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.”

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.

Abraham called the name of that place “The LORD Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On the LORD’s mountain, it will be provided.”

The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,

and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says the LORD, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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.

All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”

So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.