1At that time the word of the Lord came to Abraham, and he said unto him,

2And he said to him, Take now thy son, thine only son whom thou lovest, even

3And Abraham said within himself, How shall I separate my son Isaac from

4And Abraham came into the tent, and he sat before Sarah his wife, and he

5My son Isaac is grown up and he has not for some time studied the service

6And Sarah said, Thou hast spoken well, go my lord and do unto him as thou

7And Abraham said unto Sarah, My daughter, let us pray to the Lord our God

8And Sarah took her son Isaac and he abode all that night with her, and she

9And she said to him, O my son, how can my soul separate itself from thee?

10And Sarah said to Abraham, O my lord, I pray thee take heed of thy son,

11O forsake him not. If he be hungry give him bread, and if he be thirsty

12Neither let him go by himself in the road, neither force him from whatever

13And Sarah wept bitterly the whole night on account of Isaac, and she gave

14And in the morning Sarah selected a very fine and beautiful garment from

15And she dressed Isaac her son therewith, and she put a turban upon his

16And Sarah went out with them, and she accompanied them upon the road to

17And when Sarah heard the words of her son Isaac she wept bitterly, and

18And Sarah caught hold of her son Isaac, and she held him in her arms, and

19And they still wept together, Abraham, Sarah and Isaac, and all those that

20And Abraham went with Isaac his son to bring him up as an offering before

21And Abraham took two of his young men with him, Ishmael the son of Hagar

22And Ishmael said to Eliezer, Now my father Abraham is going with Isaac to

23Now when he returneth he will give unto me all that he possesses, to

24And Eliezer answered Ishmael and said, Surely Abraham did cast thee away

25And whilst Abraham was proceeding with his son Isaac along the road, Satan

26For God gave thee a son in thy latter days, in thy old age, and wilt thou

27Dost thou not know and understand that this thing cannot be from the Lord?

28And Abraham heard this and knew that it was the word of Satan who

29And Satan returned and came to Isaac; and he appeared unto Isaac in the

30And he approached Isaac and said unto him, Dost thou not know and

31Now therefore, my son, do not listen nor attend to him, for he is a silly

32And Isaac heard this, and said unto Abraham, Hast thou heard, my father,

33And Abraham answered his son Isaac and said to him, Take heed of him and

34And Abraham still rebuked Satan, and Satan went from them, and seeing he

35And they entered the brook and passed through it, and the waters at first

36And they went deeper in the brook and the waters reached up to their

37And Abraham said to his son Isaac, I know this place in which there was no

38And Abraham rebuked him and said unto him, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan,

39And Satan was terrified at the voice of Abraham, and he went away from

40And Abraham went with Isaac toward the place that God had told him.

41And on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place at a

42And a pillar of fire appeared to him that reached from the earth to

43And Abraham said to Isaac, My son, dost thou see in that mountain, which

44And Isaac answered and said unto his father, I see and lo a pillar of fire

45And Abraham knew that his son Isaac was accepted before the Lord for a

46And Abraham said unto Eliezer and unto Ishmael his son, Do you also see

47And they answered and said, We see nothing more than like the other

48And Eliezer and Ishmael remained in that place, as Abraham had commanded.

49And Abraham took wood for a burnt offering and placed it upon his son

50And when they were going along Isaac said to his father, Behold, I see

51And Abraham answered his son Isaac, saying, The Lord has made choice of

52And Isaac said unto his father, I will do all that the Lord spoke to thee

53And Abraham again said unto Isaac his son, Is there in thy heart any

54And Isaac answered his father Abraham and said unto him, O my father, as

55Neither limb nor muscle has moved or stirred at this, nor is there in my

56But I am of joyful and cheerful heart in this matter, and I say, Blessed

57And Abraham greatly rejoiced at the words of Isaac, and they went on and

58And Abraham approached to build the altar in that place, and Abraham was

59And Abraham took the wood and placed it in order upon the altar which he

60And he took his son Isaac and bound him in order to place him upon the

61And Isaac said to his father Bind me securely and then place me upon the

62And Isaac still said to his father, O my father, when thou shalt have

63And Abraham heard the words of Isaac, and he lifted up his voice and wept

64And the hearts of Abraham and Isaac rejoiced at this thing which the Lord

65And Abraham bound his son Isaac, and placed him on the altar upon the

66At that time the angels of mercy came before the Lord and spake to him

67O Lord, thou art a merciful and compassionate King over all that thou hast

68Hast thou seen, O Lord, how Isaac the son of Abraham thy servant is bound

69At that time the Lord appeared unto Abraham, and called to him, from

70And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, a ram was caught in a

71For the Lord had prepared this ram from that day, to be a burnt offering

72And this ram was advancing to Abraham when Satan caught hold of him and

73And Abraham, seeing the ram advancing to him and Satan withholding him,

74And Abraham sprinkled some of the blood of the ram upon the altar, and he

75A nd all that Abraham did on this occasion by the altar, he would exclaim

76And Satan went to Sarah, and he appeared to her in the figure of an old

77And he said unto her, Dost thou not know all the work that Abraham has

78And Satan repeated these words, and he went away from her, and Sarah heard

79And Sarah lifted up her voice and wept and cried out bitterly on account

80And she still continued to weep, and said, It grieves me for thee after

81But I console myself with thee, my son, in its being the word of the Lord,

82Thou art just, O Lord our God, for all thy works are good and righteous;

83And Sarah laid her head upon the bosom of one of her handmaids, and she

84She afterward rose up and went about making inquiries till she came to

85And she came with her maid servants and men servants to Kireath Arba,

86And behold, Satan came to Sarah in the shape of an old man, and he came

87And when Abraham had finished his service he returned with his son Isaac

88And Abraham sought for Sarah, and could not find her, and he made

89And Abraham and Isaac went to her to Hebron, and when they found that she

90And Abraham and Isaac wept greatly and all their servants wept with them

Chapter 23

Abraham commanded to Offer up Isaac, in the Land Moriah. Abraham's