إسحق ذبـيحة للرب
1 وبَعدَ هذِهِ الأحداثِ امتحنَ اللهُ إبراهيمَ، فقالَ لَه: «يا إبراهيمُ!» قالَ: «نعم، ها أنا». 2 قالَ: «خُذْ إسحَقَ ابنَكَ وحيدَكَ الّذي تُحِبُّهُ واذهبْ إلى أرضِ مُوريَّةَ، وهناكَ أصعِدْهُ مُحرقةً على جبَلٍ أدُلُّكَ علَيه».
3 فبكَّرَ إبراهيمُ في الغدِ وأسرجَ حمارَهُ وشقَّقَ حطبا لمُحرقةٍ، ثُمَّ أخذَ اثنينِ مِنْ خَدمِهِ وإسحَقَ ابنَهُ وسارَ في طريقِهِ إلى المَوضِعِ الّذي دلَّهُ اللهُ علَيه 4 وفي اليومِ الثَّالثِ رفَعَ إبراهيمُ عينيه فأبصرَ المكانَ مِنْ بَعيدٍ، 5 فقالَ لخادمَيهِ: «انتظرا أنتما هُنا معَ الحمارِ، وأنا والصَّبـيُّ نذهبُ إلى هُناكَ، فنَسجُدُ ونرجِـعُ إليكُما».
6 وأخذَ إبراهيمُ حطبَ المُحرقةِ، ووضَعَهُ على ظهرِ إسحقَ ابنهِ، وأمسكَ بـيدهِ النَّارَ والسِّكِّينَ، وسارا كِلاهُما معا. 7 فقالَ إسحَقُ لأبـيهِ: «يا أبـي!» قالَ: «نعم يا ابني». قالَ: «هُنا النَّارُ والحطَبُ، فأينَ الخروفُ للمُحرقَةِ؟» 8 فأجابَ إبراهيمُ: «اللهُ يُدَبِّرُ لَه الخروفَ للمُحرقَةِ يا ابني». وسارا كِلاهُما معا.
9 فلمَّا وصلا إلى المَوضِعِ الّذي دَلَّهُ اللهُ علَيه، بَنى إبراهيمُ هُناكَ المذبحَ، ورتَّبَ الحطَبَ، وربطَ إسحَقَ ابنَهُ، ووضَعَهُ على المذبحِ فوقَ الحطَبِ. 10 ومدَّ إبراهيمُ يدَهُ، فأخذَ السِّكِّينَ ليذبَحَ ابنَه. 11 فناداهُ ملاكُ الرّبِّ مِنَ السَّماءِ وقالَ: «إبراهيمُ، إبراهيمُ!» قالَ: «نعم، ها أنا». 12 قالَ: «لا تمُدَّ يدَكَ إلى الصَّبـيِّ ولا تفعَلْ بهِ شيئا. الآنَ عرفتُ أنَّكَ تخافُ اللهَ، فما بَخُلْتَ عليَّ بابنِكَ وحيدِكَ». 13 فرفَعَ إبراهيمُ عينيهِ ونظَرَ فرأى وراءَهُ كَبْشا عالقا بقرنيهِ بـينَ الشُّجَيراتِ، فأقبلَ على الكَبْشِ وأخذَهُ وقَدَّمَهُ مُحرقَةً بَدلَ ابنِه. 14 وسمَّى إبراهيمُ ذلِكَ المَوضِعَ «الرّبُّ يُدَبِّر». فيُقالُ إلى اليومِ: هذا جَبلُ الرّبِّ يدبِّرُ.
15 ونادى ملاكُ الرّبِّ إبراهيمَ ثانيةً مِنَ السَّماءِ 16 وقالَ: بنفْسي أقسمْتُ، «يقولُ الرّبُّ»: «بما أنَّكَ فعلْتَ هذا وما بَخُلْتَ بابنِكَ وحيدِكَ، 17 فأُباركُكَ وأُكثِّرُ نسلَكَ كنجُومِ السَّماءِ والرَّملِ الّذي على شاطئِ البحرِ. ويَرِثُ نسلُكَ مُدُنَ أعدائهِ، 18 ويتبارَكُ في نسلِكَ جميعُ أُمَمِ الأرضِ لأنَّكَ سَمِعْتَ لي».
19 ثُمَّ رجَعَ إبراهيمُ إلى خادمَيهِ، فقاموا وذهبوا معا إلى بئرَ سَبْعَ، وأقامَ إبراهيمُ هُناكَ.
نسل ناحور
20 وبَعدَ هذِهِ الأحداثِ قيلَ لإبراهيمَ ها مِلْكَةُ أيضا ولَدتْ بَنينَ لناحورَ أخيكَ: 21 عوصا بكْرَه، وبُوزا أخاهُ، وقموئيلَ أبا أرَامَ، 22 وكاسدَ وحزوَ وفِلداشَ ويدلافَ وبتوئيلَ. 23 وولَدَ بتوئيلُ رفقةَ. هؤلاءِ الثَّمانيةُ ولَدتْهُم مِلكَةُ لناحورَ أخي إبراهيمَ. 24 وأمَّا محظيَّتُه واسمُها رؤومةُ، فولَدتْ هي أيضا طابحَ وجاحَمَ وتاحَشَ ومَعكَةَ.
1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am . 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto 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 lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall 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. 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
20 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; 21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.