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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 22, Verse 5

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Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
King James Version
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
American Standard Version
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.
New English Translation
So he said to his servants,“You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you.”
World English Bible
Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you."
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And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
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And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering?
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And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
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And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
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And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
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And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I.
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And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me.
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And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind [him] a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
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And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
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And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,