Genesis · Chapter 22

[ edit] Aftyr þat þes þingis weren doon, God temptide Abraham, and ſeide to hym, Abraham! Abraham! He anſweride, I am nyȝ. He ſeide to hym, Tak þin oonli gotun ſone, whom þow loueſt, Yſaac, and go into þe loond of viſioun, and þere offre hym into ſacrifice al brent, vpon oon of þe hillis whiche I ſhal ſhewe to þee. Þanne Abraham on þe nyȝt wiþ ryſynge, diȝte his aſſe, ledynge wiþ hym two ȝong men, and Yſaac his ſone; and whanne he had hewid his wode into brent ſacrifice, he ȝede to þe place which comaundide hym God.

And þe þrid day, þe eyen heued vp, he ſawe a place a feer; and ſeide to his children, Abydiþ here wiþ þe aſſe, I and þe child vnto þidir goynge, aftir þat we han onowryd, we ſhulen com aȝen to ȝow. And he toke þe wode of þe ſacrifice, and putte vpon Yſaac, his ſone; he forſoþe bare in his hondis fier, and a ſwerd. And whanne þei two ȝeden to gideris, ſeide Yſaac to his fadir, My fadir! And he anſweride, What wilt þow, ſone? Lo! he ſeiþ, fier and wode, where is þe ſacrifice of þat þat ſhal be brent? Abraham ſeide, God ſhal puruey to hym, my ſone, þe ſacrifice of þat þat ſhal be brent.

Þanne þei ȝeden togider, and comen to þe place whom God ſhewide to hym, in þe which he bildide an auter, and aboue made þe wode; and whan he had boundun Yſaac, his ſone, he putte hym in þe auter, vpon þe heep of wode. And he ſtrawȝte his honde, and toke þe ſwerd, þat he myȝt offre his ſone. And loo! þe aungel of þe Lord fro heuene cryede, ſeiynge, Abraham! Abraham! Þe whiche anſweride, I am nyȝ. And he ſeide to hym, Strecche þow not þin hond out vpon þe child, and do not eny þing to hym; now I haue knowun þat þow drediſt God, and þow haſt not ſparid to þin one goten ſone for me.

Abraham heuede vp his eyen, and ſawe bihynd his bak a weþer amonge þornes, tyed bi þe hornes, whom takynge to offryd brent ſacrifice for þe ſone. And he clepide þe name of þe place, Þe Lord ſeeþ; wherfor ȝit þis day it is ſeid, In þe hil þe Lord ſhal ſe. And þe aungel of þe Lord clepide Abraham eftſonys fro heuene, ſeiynge, Bi my ſylf I ſwore, ſeiþ þe Lord, for þow haſt do þis þing, and þow haſt not ſparid to þin oon gotun ſone for me, I ſhal blis to þee, and I ſhal multiply þi ſeed as ſterris of heuene, and as grauel þat is in þe brenk of þe ſee; þi ſeed ſhal weeld þe ȝatis of his enemyes; and al folk of þe erþe ſhal be bleſſid in þi ſeed, for þow haſt obeiſhid to my vois.

And Abraham turnyde aȝen to his children, and ȝede to Berſabee togider, and he dwellide þere. And ſo þes þingis don, it was told to Abraham, þat Melcha forſoþe had getun ſones to Nachor, his broþer; Hus, þe fyrſt getun, and Buz, þe broþir of hym, and Chamuel, þe fadir of Sirus, and Caſed, and Azan, and Pheldas, and Jedlaphat, and Batuel, of whom Rabecca was born; þes eiȝt gat Melcha to Nachor, þe broþer of Abraham. Þe ſecundarie wijf forſoþe of hym, Roma bi name, bare Thabee, and Gaon, and Thaas, and Maacha.