1. After all this, God tested Abraham. God said, “Abraham!”“Yes?” answered Abraham. “I’m listening.”
2. He said, “Take your dear son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I’ll point out to you.”
6. Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and gave it to Isaac his son to carry. He carried the flint and the knife. The two of them went off together.
7. Isaac said to Abraham his father, “Father?”“Yes, my son.”“We have flint and wood, but where’s the sheep for the burnt offering?”
8. Abraham said, “Son, God will see to it that there’s a sheep for the burnt offering.” And they kept on walking together.
11. Just then an angel of God called to him out of Heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”“Yes, I’m listening.”
12. “Don’t lay a hand on that boy! Don’t touch him! Now I know how fearlessly you fear God; you didn’t hesitate to place your son, your dear son, on the altar for me.”