(7) 1 After these things, God tested Abraham [Father of a multitude], and said to him, “Abraham [Father of a multitude]!”

He said, “Here I am.”

2 He said, “Now take your son, your only son, whom you 'ahavta ·affectionately love·, even Isaac [Laughter], and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”

3 Abraham [Father of a multitude] rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac [Laughter] his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham [Father of a multitude] lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off. 5 Abraham [Father of a multitude] said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will hawa ·bow low, prostrate· in worship, and come back to you.” 6 Abraham [Father of a multitude] took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac [Laughter] his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together. 7 Isaac [Laughter] spoke to Abraham [Father of a multitude] 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?”

8 Abraham [Father of a multitude] said, * MP: Messiah is like a sacrificial lamb - “God will provide himself a lamb.” (Luke 23:33; John 1:29) “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together. 9 They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham [Father of a multitude] built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac [Laughter] his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood. 10 Abraham [Father of a multitude] stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

11  Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham! [Father of a multitude, Father of a multitude]!”

He said, “Here I am.”

12 He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

13 Abraham [Father of a multitude] lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham [Father of a multitude] went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14  † MP: Mount Moriah is where Abraham offered Issac and where Solomon’s Temple is located (2 Chr 3:1). On the same Saddle Mountain, Golgotha is the peak of Mountain Range. As a person ascends to Moriah, one could keep going higher and will reach Golgotha. Parallel events of sacrifice to God are seen on the same mountain range, outside the city gate (Heb 13:11-13). (Gal 3:14) Abraham [Father of a multitude] called the name of that place Yahweh Yeer'eh [Yahweh will be seen / He sustains breathing will provide]. As it is said to this day, “On Adonai ’s mountain, it will be provided.”

15  Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] called to Abraham [Father of a multitude] a second time out of the sky, 16 and said, “I have sworn by myself, says Adonai , because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17  I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring ‡ Quoted in Heb 6:13-14 greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. § Quoted in Heb 11:12 Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies. 18  * MP: The promised “seed” in which all nations will be blessed comes through Abraham. (Matt 1:1-2; Luke 3:34; Gal 3:16) By your offspring, † Quoted in Gal 3:16 all the nations of the earth will be blessed ‡ Quoted in Acts 3:25 because you have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· my voice.”

19 So Abraham [Father of a multitude] returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath]. Abraham [Father of a multitude] lived at Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath].

(Maftir ·Conclusion·) 20 After these things, Abraham [Father of a multitude] was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram [Elevated], 22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” 23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah [Securely bound]. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham [Father of a multitude]’s brother. 24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.