God Tests Abraham

For your reference, turn to Genesis 22.

God tested Abraham by having him to take Isaac, his son who he loved, to the land of Moriah and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on a mountain which God will tell him (Genesis 22:1,2).

Abraham, Isaac and two young men left for Moriah. On the third day of their travels, Abraham saw, in the distance, the place where God had told him to go (Genesis 22:3,4). Abraham had the two traveling with them to stay at a location while he and Isaac go off into the distance to worship and will return (Genesis 22:5).

Abraham and Isaac parted from the traveling companions "[a]nd 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;..." (Genesis 22:6). Isaac noticed they had everything for a burnt offering except the lamb and he asked Abraham where the lamb is (Genesis 22:7). Abraham told him that "...God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering..." so the two continued on their journey (Genesis 22:8).

When they arrived at the place where God had them to go "...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" (Genesis 22:9). Just as Abraham was going to slay his son, the angel of the Lord called unto him and stopped him from going forth with the sacrifice (Genesis 22:10,12). Abraham had passed God's test by demonstrating his respect for God and not withholding his son (Genesis 22:12).

Abraham saw a ram caught in a thicket by his horns and sacrificed it for a burnt offering instead of his son (Genesis 22:13). "And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen" (Genesis 22:14).

The angel of the Lord spoke for the Lord and called out to Abraham again "[a]nd 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:
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 in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice" (Genesis 22:16,17,18).

Abraham returned to the young men who were traveling with him. All of them journeyed to Beersheba. Abraham dwelled in Beersheba (Genesis 22:19).

The time came when Abraham was told that Nahor, his brother, and Milcah, his sister-in-law, had eight children. The children were Huz who was their firstborn, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel. Kemuel was the father of Aram and Bethuel begat Rebekah (Genesis 22:20-23).
"And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham and Thahash, and Maachah (Genesis 22:24).