¶ The .xxii. Chapter.¶ The fayth of Abrah&abar; is proued in offerynge hys
sonne Isahac. Chryst oure sauyour is promysed.
The generacyon of Nachor Abrahams brother.
AAfter these sayinges it happened þt;
God dyd note proue Abraham and
sayde vnto hym: Abraham. Whych
answered: here am I. And he sayde
take thy &rhand; only sonne Isahac whom thou
louest, ∧ get the vnto the lande Moria, and
sacrifyce hym there for a sacrifyce vpon one
of the mountayns, whych I wyll shewe the:
Than Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng,
∧ sadled his asse, and toke two of hys
yonge m&ebar; wyth hym, and Isahac hys sonne:
and cloue wodd for the sacrifyce, and rose vp
and gott hym to the place whyche God had
appoynted hym.
The thyrde daye Abraham lyfte vp hys
eyes, and sawe the place a farre of and sayde
vnto his yonge men: byde here with the asse.
I and the lad wyll goo yonder and &rhand; worshyppe,
∧ come agayne vnto you. B And Abraham
toke the wodd of the sacrifyce and layde
it vpon Isahac his sonne, but he him selfe toke
fyre in his hande and a knyfe. And they
went both of them together.
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Abraham.
Than spake Isahac vnto Abraham hys
father and sayde: My father? And he answered:
here am I my sonne. He sayd: Se here is
fyre and wodd, but where is the shepe for sacrifyce?
Abraham answered: my sonne, God
wyll prouyde him a shepe for sacrifyce. And
so they wente both together.
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And when they came vnto þe; place which
God had shewed hym, Abraham made an
aulter there, ∧ dressed the wodd, and bownde
Isahac his s&obar;ne, ∧ note layde him on the aulter,
aboue vpon the wodd. And Abraham stretchynge
forth his hande, toke the knyfe to haue
kylled hys sonne. And the angell of the
Lorde called vnto him from heauen, saying:
Abraham Abraham? And he sayde: here am
I. And he sayde: laye not thy hande vpon the
chylde, nether do any thinge at all vnto him,
for now I knowe that thou fearest God, and
hast for my sake not spared thyne &rhand; onely
sonne. C And Abrah&abar; lyftynge vp his eyes, loked
aboute: and beholde, there was a ram
caught by the hornes in a thyckette. And he
went ∧ toke the ram and offred hym vp for
a sacrifyce in the steade of hys sonne. And
Abrah&abar; called þe; name of the place, the Lorde
wyll see. As it is sayde thys daye: in þe; mo&ubar;te
wyll the Lorde be sene.
And the Angell of the Lorde cryed vnto
Abraham from heauen the sec&obar;de tyme, and
sayde: note by my selfe haue I sworne (sayth the
Lorde) because thou hast done thys thynge
and hast not spared thy onely sonne: that in
blessynge I wyll blesse the, and in multipli&ebar;ge
I wyll multiplie thy seed as the starres of
heau&ebar; ∧ as the sande which is vp&obar; the see syde.
D And thy seed shall possesse the gate of hys
enemies. noteAnd in thy seed shall all the naci&obar;s
of the erth be blessed, because thou hast herde
my voyce. So turned Abraham agayne vnto
hys yonge m&ebar;, and they rose vp and went
together to Beer Seba. And Abrah&abar; dwelt
at Beer Seba. And it chaunsed after these
thinges, that one tolde Abrah&abar; sayinge: Beholde,
Milcha, she hath also borne chyldren
vnto thy brother Nachor. Hus hys eldest
sonne, and Bus hys brother, and Kemuell
the father of the Syrians, and ceased, ∧ Has&obar;,
and Pyldas, ∧ Iedlaph, ∧ Bethuel. And
Bethuel begat Rebecca. These eyght dyd
Milcha bere to Nachor Abrahams brother:
And hys concubyne called Rhuma she bare
also Tebah, ∧ Gaham, Thaas ∧ Maacha.
