Genesis 22 - Plain English Version(PEV)

Abraham showed that he really trusted God

1A long time later, God tested Abraham. God wanted to see if Abraham trusted him properly, and if Abraham would do anything God told him to do.

God called out, “Abraham.”

And Abraham said, “Yes, God, I am listening to you.”

2Then God said, “I know that you love your son Isaac, and he is your only son, but I want you to take him to the country called Moriah, to one of the mountains that I will show you. I want you to kill Isaac for me, and burn his body on a table made of stones, to show me that you respect me.”

3Abraham listened to God, so the next morning, Abraham chopped up some wood for the fire and tied the wood on to his donkey. Then, he got Isaac and 2 of his work-men, and they all started to go to the place God told him about.

4They walked for nearly 3 days, then Abraham looked up and saw the place God told him about. It was still a long way ahead of them.

5Abraham said to his work-men, “I want you to stay here with the donkey. And me and Isaac, we will go over there to show respect to God. After we do that, we will come back to you.”

6Abraham put the wood on to Isaac’s back for him to carry, and Abraham carried some fire and his knife.

As they walked along,

7Isaac said, “Dad.”

Abraham said, “Yes, son?”

And Isaac said, “We’ve got the wood, and the fire, but where is the sheep that we are going to burn to show respect to God?”

8Abraham said, “Son, God will give us the sheep, so that we can show him respect.” And they kept on walking together.

9Then they got to the place that God told Abraham about, and Abraham piled up some stones to make a table with a flat top, and he put the wood on top of it. Then he tied Isaac’s hands and feet together, and he put him on top of the wood.

19Then Abraham and Isaac walked back to the place where Abraham’s work-men were waiting with the donkey, then they all went back to their camp at Beersheba.

Abraham and all his people camped there for a long time.

Abraham heard that his brother Nahor had sons

20Later on, somebody said to Abraham, “Your brother’s wife Milcah, she had kids too. They are sons for your brother Nahor.

21The oldest son is called Uz. The next son is called Buz. The next son is called Kemuel, and he has a son called Aram.

22Milcah’s other sons are called Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaf, and Bethuel.”

23They were the 8 sons of Milcah, and Abraham’s brother Nahor was their father.

After Nahor’s son Bethuel grew up, he had a daughter called Rebekah.

24And Nahor had another wife, and she had sons too. That other wife’s name was Rumah, and her sons were Tebar, Gaham, Tahash, and Macah.