Bible Verses about “god testing abraham”

“‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›”

“By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son],”

“Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.”

“Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:”

“In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:”

“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.”

“And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.”

“And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.”

“That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;”

“And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.”

“¶ And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].”

“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?”

“Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.”

“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.”

“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.”

“¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.”

“¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I.”

“And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he [is].”

“Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.”

“¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,”

“And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:”

“And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.”

“And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.”

“So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.”

“And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned.”

“And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.”

“¶ And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;”

“Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,”

“And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

“And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.”

“And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.”

“And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.”

“¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.”

“Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, [even] with Isaac.”

“And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.”

“And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.”

“And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is] thy seed.”

“¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”

“And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.”

“And she went, and sat her down over against [him] a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept.”

“The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,”

“And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,”

“And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

“¶ And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.”

“For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.”

“And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.”