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Genesis, starting at chapter 22
{22:1} It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and
said to him, "Abraham!"
He said, "Here I am."
{22:2} He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love,
even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a
burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."
{22:3} Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split
the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of
which God had told him. {22:4} On the third day Abraham lifted up his
eyes, and saw the place far off. {22:5} Abraham said to his young men,
"Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will
worship, and come back to you." {22:6} Abraham took the wood of the
burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the
fire and the knife. They both went together. {22:7} Isaac spoke to
Abraham his father, and said, "My father?"
He said, "Here I am, my son."
He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a
burnt offering?"
{22:8} Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt
offering, my son." So they both went together. {22:9} They came to the
place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and
laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the
altar, on the wood. {22:10} Abraham stretched out his hand, and took
the knife to kill his son.
{22:11} The angel of the LORD called to him out of the sky, and
said, "Abraham, Abraham!"
He said, "Here I am."
{22:12} He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do
anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not
withheld your son, your only son, from me."
{22:13} Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind
him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and
took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his
son. {22:14} Abraham called the name of that place [1>]the LORD Will
Provide[<1]. As it is said to this day, "On the LORD's mountain, it
will be provided."
{22:15} The angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of
the sky, {22:16} and said, "I have sworn by myself, says the LORD,
because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your
only son, {22:17} that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply
your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand
which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his
enemies. {22:18} In your seed will all the nations of the earth be
blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
{22:19} So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and
went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
{22:20} It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother
Nahor: {22:21} Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of
Aram, {22:22} Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." {22:23}
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to
Nahor, Abraham's brother. {22:24} His concubine, whose name was
Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
{23:1} Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the
length of Sarah's life. {23:2} Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is
Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and
to weep for her. {23:3} Abraham rose up from before his dead, and
spoke to the children of Heth, saying, {23:4} "I am a stranger and a
foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place
with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
{23:5} The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, {23:6}
"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in
the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb.
Bury your dead."
{23:7} Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth. {23:8} He talked with them, saying, "If
it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me,
and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, {23:9} that he may give
me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his
field. For the full price let him give it to me among you for a
possession of a burying-place."
{23:10} Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of
Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the
children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city,
saying, {23:11} "No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I
give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my
people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
{23:12} Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
{23:13} He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the
field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
{23:14} Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, {23:15} "My lord,
listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of
silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
{23:16} Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the
silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth,
four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants'
standard.
{23:17} So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was
before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees
that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
{23:18} to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of
Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city. {23:19} After
this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of
Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
{23:20} The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham
for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.
{24:1} Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. The LORD had
blessed Abraham in all things. {24:2} Abraham said to his servant, the
elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your
hand under my thigh. {24:3} I will make you swear by the LORD, the God
of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for
my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live. {24:4}
But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife
for my son Isaac."
{24:5} The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing to
follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you
came from?"
{24:6} Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son
there again. {24:7} The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my
father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and
who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your [2>]seed[<2].'
He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my
son from there. {24:8} If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then
you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son
there again."
{24:9} The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his
master, and swore to him concerning this matter. {24:10} The servant
took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed, having a
variety of good things of his master's with him. He arose, and went to
Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. {24:11} He made the camels kneel
down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the
time that women go out to draw water. {24:12} He said, "The LORD, the
God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show
kindness to my master Abraham. {24:13} Behold, I am standing by the
spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out
to draw water. {24:14} Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I
will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she
will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,'--let her
be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will
know that you have shown kindness to my master."
{24:15} It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife
of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder. {24:16}
The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had
any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher,
and came up. {24:17} The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please
give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."
{24:18} She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let down her
pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink. {24:19} When she had done
giving him drink, she said, "I will also draw for your camels, until
they have done drinking." {24:20} She hurried, and emptied her pitcher
into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all
his camels.
{24:21} The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know
whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. {24:22} It
happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden
ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten
shekels weight of gold, {24:23} and said, "Whose daughter are you?
Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge
in?"
{24:24} She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of
Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor." {24:25} She said moreover to him, "We
have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."
{24:26} The man bowed his head, and worshiped the LORD. {24:27} He
said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not
forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for
me, the LORD has led me in the way to the house of my master's
relatives."
{24:28} The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these
words. {24:29} Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban
ran out to the man, to the spring. {24:30} It happened, when he saw
the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard
the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to
me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at
the spring. {24:31} He said, "Come in, you blessed of the LORD. Why do
you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the
camels."
{24:32} The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He
gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet
and the feet of the men who were with him. {24:33} Food was set before
him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message."
He said, "Speak on."
{24:34} He said, "I am Abraham's servant. {24:35} The LORD has
blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him
flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants,
and camels and donkeys. {24:36} Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to
my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.
{24:37} My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife
for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
{24:38} but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives,
and take a wife for my son.' {24:39} I asked my master, 'What if the
woman will not follow me?' {24:40} He said to me, 'The LORD, before
whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You
shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's
house. {24:41} Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to
my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from
my oath.' {24:42} I came this day to the spring, and said, 'The LORD,
the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I
go--{24:43} behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it
happen, that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I will say,
"Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink," {24:44}
and she will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for your
camels,"--let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my
master's son.' {24:45} Before I had finished speaking in my heart,
behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went
down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'
{24:46} She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and
said, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.' So I drank,
and she also gave the camels a drink. {24:47} I asked her, and said,
'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's
son, whom Milcah bore to him.' I put the ring on her nose, and the
bracelets on her hands. {24:48} I bowed my head, and worshiped the
LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led
me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his
son. {24:49} Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master,
tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the
left."
{24:50} Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from
the LORD. We can't speak to you bad or good. {24:51} Behold, Rebekah
is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's
wife, as the LORD has spoken."
{24:52} It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words,
he bowed himself down to the earth to the LORD. {24:53} The servant
brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and
gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and
her mother. {24:54} They ate and drank, he and the men who were with
him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said,
"Send me away to my master."
{24:55} Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay
with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go."
{24:56} He said to them, "Don't hinder me, since the LORD has
prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."
{24:57} They said, "We will call the young lady, and ask her."
{24:58} They called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this
man?"
She said, "I will go."
{24:59} They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse,
Abraham's servant, and his men. {24:60} They blessed Rebekah, and said
to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten
thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."
{24:61} Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and
followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way. {24:62}
Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of
the South. {24:63} Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the
evening. He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were
camels coming. {24:64} Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw
Isaac, she dismounted from the camel. {24:65} She said to the servant,
"Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?"
The servant said, "It is my master."
She took her veil, and covered herself. {24:66} The servant told
Isaac all the things that he had done. {24:67} Isaac brought her into
his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He
loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
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Footnotes:
[1] {22:14} or, Yahweh-Jireh, or, Yahweh-Seeing
[2] {24:7} or, offspring
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