Genesis 21:23   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you."

Genesis 21:24   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Abraham said, "I swear it."

Genesis 21:25   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek's servants had seized.

Genesis 21:26   (Read all of Genesis 21)

But Abimelek said, "I don't know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today."

Genesis 21:27   (Read all of Genesis 21)

So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.

Genesis 21:28   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,

Genesis 21:29   (Read all of Genesis 21)

and Abimelek asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?"

Genesis 21:30   (Read all of Genesis 21)

He replied, "Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well."

Genesis 21:31   (Read all of Genesis 21)

So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.

Genesis 21:34   (Read all of Genesis 21)

And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

Genesis 22:1   (Read all of Genesis 22)

Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.

Genesis 22:2   (Read all of Genesis 22)

Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love-Isaac-and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you."

Genesis 22:3   (Read all of Genesis 22)

Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.

Genesis 22:4   (Read all of Genesis 22)

On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

Genesis 22:5   (Read all of Genesis 22)

He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."

Genesis 22:6   (Read all of Genesis 22)

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,

Genesis 22:7   (Read all of Genesis 22)

Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?" "Yes, my son?" Abraham replied. "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

Genesis 22:8   (Read all of Genesis 22)

Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.

Genesis 22:9   (Read all of Genesis 22)

When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

Genesis 22:10   (Read all of Genesis 22)

Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

Genesis 22:12   (Read all of Genesis 22)

"Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."

Genesis 22:13   (Read all of Genesis 22)

Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Genesis 22:14   (Read all of Genesis 22)

So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided."

Genesis 22:15   (Read all of Genesis 22)

The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time