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Genesis 22:5-11 English Standard Version (ESV)

5. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.”

6. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.

7. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

8. Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.

9. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

10. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

11. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

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