Genesis 22

Gen Z: Genesis 22

1So, after all that, God hits up Abraham and says, “Yo, Abraham!” and he’s like, “What’s good? I’m here.”

2God tells him, “Take your only son Isaac, the one you love, and head to Moriah; I need you to vibe check him as a burnt offering on a mountain I’ll show you.”

3Early morning grind, Abraham saddles up, grabs two of his boys and Isaac, chops the wood for the offering, and heads out to the spot God gave him the heads up about.

4On day three, Abraham looks up and sees the place from a distance.

5He tells his crew, “Chill here with the donkey; me and the kid are gonna go worship and we’ll be back.”

6Abraham loads the wood on Isaac, takes fire and a knife, and they both roll out together.

7Isaac’s like, “Dad, I see the fire and wood, but where’s the lamb for the offering?” and Abraham responds, “I got you, my son.”

8Abraham says, “God’s got the lamb covered,” and they continue on together.

9They reach the spot God told him about; Abraham builds an altar, arranges the wood, ties up Isaac, and lays him on the altar.

10Abraham reaches for the knife to do the thing with his son.

11The angel of the Lord hit up Abraham from the sky and was like, "Yo, Abraham!" And he was like, "I’m here, fam."

12The angel said, "Don’t touch the kid or do anything to him. I see you really fear God, 'cause you didn’t hold back your only son."

13Abraham looked up and saw a ram stuck in some bushes. He went and grabbed it, offering it instead of his son. Major rizz move.

14Abraham named that spot Jehovah–jireh, which means "God provides," and people still say that today, vibes on the mount.

15The angel of the Lord called Abraham again from the sky, like, "I’m back."

16He said, "I swear by myself, the Lord, ‘cause you did this and didn’t hold back your only son:

17I'm gonna bless you big time, and your fam will be as many as the stars and sand by the beach; your kids will own the gates of their enemies."

18All the nations will be blessed through your kids, 'cause you listened to me, no cap.

19So Abraham rolled back to his crew, they got up and went to Beer-sheba, and he settled there.

20Later, Abraham heard that Milcah had some kids with his bro Nahor.

21Yo, Huz is the firstborn, and Buz is his bro, plus Kemuel, the dad of Aram.

22Then there's Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel, all chillin'.

23Bethuel popped out Rebekah; Milcah had eight kids for Nahor, Abraham's bro.

24His side chick, named Reumah, also had Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.

KJV: Genesis 22

1And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

3And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

4Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

5And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

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

7And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

8And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

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

10And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

11And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

13And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

15And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

16And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

19So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.

20And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

21Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

22And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

23And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

24And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

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