Genesis 22 - Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012（CEVUK）

The LORD

tells Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice

1Some years later God decided to test Abraham, so he spoke to him.

Abraham answered, “Here I am, LORD.”

2The LORD said, “Go and get Isaac, your only son, the one you dearly love! Take him to the land of Moriah, and I will show you a mountain where you must sacrifice him to me on the fires of an altar.”

15The LORD's angel called out from heaven a second time:

16You were willing to offer the LORD your only son, and so he makes you this solemn promise,

19Abraham and Isaac went back to the servants who had come with him, and they returned to Abraham's home in Beersheba.

The children of Nahor

20-23Abraham's brother Nahor had married Milcah, and Abraham was later told that they had eight sons. Uz was their firstborn; Buz was next, and then there was Kemuel who became the father of Aram; their other five sons were: Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel, who became the father of Rebekah.

24Nahor also had another wife. Her name was Reumah, and she had four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.