The Book of Genesis, Chapter 22ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΚΒ′

Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα ὁ θεὸς ἐπείραζεν τὸν Αβρααμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Αβρααμ Αβρααμ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.

And it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, 'Abraham, Abraham!' And he said, 'Behold, I am here.'

καὶ εἶπεν Λαβὲ τὸν υἱόν σου τὸν ἀγαπητόν, ὃν ἠγάπησας, τὸν Ισαακ, καὶ πορεύθητι εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν ὑψηλὴν καὶ ἀνένεγκον αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἐφ᾿ ἓν τῶν ὀρέων, ὧν ἄν σοι εἴπω.

And he said, 'Take your son, your beloved, whom you have loved — Isaac — and go into the high land, and offer him there as a whole burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.'

ἀναστὰς δὲ Αβρααμ τὸ πρωῒ ἐπέσαξεν τὴν ὄνον αὐτοῦ· παρέλαβεν δὲ μεθ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ δύο παῖδας καὶ Ισαακ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ σχίσας ξύλα εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἀναστὰς ἐπορεύθη καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, ὃν εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός.

And Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey; and he took with him two servants and Isaac his son, and having split wood for the whole burnt offering, he rose and went, and came to the place which God had told him.

τῇ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἀναβλέψας Αβρααμ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς εἶδεν τὸν τόπον μακρόθεν.

And on the third day Abraham, lifting up his eyes, saw the place from afar.

καὶ εἶπεν Αβρααμ τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ Καθίσατε αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῆς ὄνου, ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τὸ παιδάριον διελευσόμεθα ἕως ὧδε καὶ προσκυνήσαντες ἀναστρέψωμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.

And Abraham said to his servants, 'Stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go over yonder, and having worshipped we will return to you.'

ἔλαβεν δὲ Αβρααμ τὰ ξύλα τῆς ὁλοκαρπώσεως καὶ ἐπέθηκεν Ισαακ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ, ἔλαβεν δὲ καὶ τὸ πῦρ καὶ τὴν μάχαιραν, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ δύο ἅμα.

And Abraham took the wood for the whole burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire and the knife; and the two of them went together.

εἶπεν δὲ Ισαακ πρὸς Αβρααμ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ εἰπὼν Πάτερ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Τί ἐστιν, τέκνον; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ τὸ πῦρ καὶ τὰ ξύλα· ποῦ ἐστιν τὸ πρόβατον τὸ εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν;

And Isaac said to Abraham his father, 'Father!' And he said, 'What is it, my child?' And he said, 'Behold, the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for the whole burnt offering?'

εἶπεν δὲ Αβρααμ Ὁ θεὸς ὄψεται αὐτῷ πρόβατον εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν, τέκνον. πορευθέντες δὲ ἀμφότεροι ἅμα

And Abraham said, 'God will see to himself a sheep for the whole burnt offering, my child.' And the two of them went on together.

ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, ὃν εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός· καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ Αβρααμ θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἐπέθηκεν τὰ ξύλα καὶ συμποδίσας Ισαακ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐπάνω τῶν ξύλων.

And they came to the place which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood, and having bound Isaac his son he placed him on the altar on top of the wood.

καὶ ἐξέτεινεν Αβρααμ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν τὴν μάχαιραν σφάξαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ.

And Abraham stretched out his hand to take the knife to slay his son.

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Αβρααμ Αβρααμ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.

And the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, 'Abraham, Abraham!' And he said, 'Behold, I am here.'

καὶ εἶπεν Μὴ ἐπιβάλῃς τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὸ παιδάριον μηδὲ ποιήσῃς αὐτῷ μηδέν· νῦν γὰρ ἔγνων ὅτι φοβῇ τὸν θεόν, καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσω τοῦ υἱοῦ σου τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ δι᾿ ἐμέ.

And he said, 'Do not lay your hand on the boy, nor do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, and you have not withheld your son, your beloved, for my sake.'

καὶ ἀναβλέψας Αβρααμ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ εἶδεν, καὶ ἰδοὺ κριὸς εἷς κατεχόμενος ἐν φυτῷ σαβεκ τῶν κεράτων· καὶ ἐπορεύθη Αβρααμ καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν κριὸν καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν αὐτὸν εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἀντὶ Ισαακ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.

And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold a ram, one caught in a sabek bush by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a whole burnt offering in place of Isaac his son.

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Αβρααμ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Κύριος εἶδεν, ἵνα εἴπωσιν σήμερον Ἐν τῷ ὄρει κύριος ὤφθη.

And Abraham called the name of that place 'The LORD has seen,' so that they say today, 'In the mountain the LORD was seen.'

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ἄγγελος κυρίου τὸν Αβρααμ δεύτερον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ

And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

λέγων Κατ᾿ ἐμαυτοῦ ὤμοσα, λέγει κύριος, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἐποίησας τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσω τοῦ υἱοῦ σου τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ δι᾿ ἐμέ,

saying, 'By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your beloved, for my sake,

ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡς τοὺς ἀστέρας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὡς τὴν ἄμμον τὴν παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης· καὶ κληρονομήσει τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰς πόλεις τῶν ὑπεναντίων,

I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand by the seashore; and your seed shall inherit the cities of the enemies,

καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς, ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ὑπήκουσας τῆς ἐμῆς φωνῆς.

And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you listened to my voice.'

ἀπέστρεψεν δὲ Αβρααμ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναστάντες ἐπορεύθησαν ἅμα ἐπὶ τὸ Φρέαρ τοῦ ὅρκου· καὶ κατῴκησεν Αβρααμ ἐπὶ τῷ Φρέατι τοῦ ὅρκου.

And Abraham returned to his servants, and they rose and went together to the Well of the Oath; and Abraham dwelt at the Well of the Oath.

Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ Αβρααμ λέγοντες Ἰδοὺ τέτοκεν Μελχα καὶ αὐτὴ υἱοὺς τῷ Ναχωρ τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου,

And it came to pass after these things that it was reported to Abraham, saying, 'Behold, Milcah also has borne sons to Nahor your brother:'

τὸν Ωξ πρωτότοκον καὶ τὸν Βαυξ ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν Καμουηλ πατέρα Σύρων

Uz the firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of the Syrians,

καὶ τὸν Χαζαδ καὶ τὸν Αζαυ καὶ τὸν Φαλδας καὶ τὸν Ιεδλαφ καὶ τὸν Βαθουηλ·

and Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel;

καὶ Βαθουηλ ἐγέννησεν τὴν Ρεβεκκαν. ὀκτὼ οὗτοι υἱοί, οὓς ἔτεκεν Μελχα τῷ Ναχωρ τῷ ἀδελφῷ Αβρααμ.

And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight are the sons whom Milcah bore to Nahor the brother of Abraham.

καὶ ἡ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ ᾗ ὄνομα Ρεημα, ἔτεκεν καὶ αὐτὴ τὸν Ταβεκ καὶ τὸν Γααμ καὶ τὸν Τοχος καὶ τὸν Μωχα.

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore also — she too — Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.