6. So Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac’s shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them walked on together,
7. Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?”“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.“We have the fire and the wood,” the boy said, “but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”
8. “God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham answered. And they both walked on together.
9. When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
10. And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice.
11. At that moment the angel of the lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”“Yes,” Abraham replied. “Here I am!”
12. “Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”