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Book of Genesis, Chapter 22

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Chapter 22 of Genesis—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Now after these things it came about that the [true] God put Abraham to the test.1 Accordingly he said to him: “Abraham!” to which he said: “Here I am!”2
  2. And he went on to say: “Take, please, your son, your only son whom you so love,3 Isaac,4 and make a trip to the land of Mo·riʹah5 and there offer him up as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall designate to you.”6
  3. ¶ So Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his ass and took two of his attendants[a] with him and Isaac his son;7 and he split the wood for the burnt offering. Then he rose and went on the trip to the place that the [true] God designated to him.
  4. It was first on the third day that Abraham raised his eyes and began to see the place from a distance.
  5. Abraham now said to his attendants:8 “YOU stay here with the ass, but I and the boy want to go on over there and worship9 and return to YOU.”
  6. ¶ After that Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and put it upon Isaac his son10 and took in his hands the fire and the slaughtering knife, and both of them went on together.11
  7. And Isaac began to say to Abraham his father:[b] “My father!”12 In turn he said: “Here I am, my son!”13 So he continued: “Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”14
  8. To this Abraham said: “God will provide himself the sheep for the burnt offering,15 my son.” And both of them walked on together.
  9. ¶ Finally they reached the place that the [true] God had designated to him, and Abraham built an altar16 there and set the wood in order and bound Isaac his son hand and foot and put him upon the altar on top of the wood.17
  10. Then Abraham put out his hand and took the slaughtering knife to kill his son.18
  11. But Jehovah’s angel began calling to him out of the heavens and saying:19 “Abraham, Abraham!” to which he answered: “Here I am!”
  12. And he went on to say: “Do not put out your hand against the boy and do not do anything at all to him,20 for now I do know that you are God-fearing[c] in that you have not withheld your son, your only one, from me.”21
  13. At that Abraham raised his eyes and looked and there, deep in the foreground, there was a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering in place of his son.22
  14. And Abraham began to call the name of that place Je·hoʹvah-jiʹreh.[d] This is why it is customarily said today: “In the mountain of Jehovah it will be provided.”[e]23
  15. ¶ And Jehovah’s angel proceeded to call to Abraham the second time out of the heavens
  16. and to say: “‘By myself I do swear,’ is the utterance of Jehovah,24 ‘that by reason of the fact that you have done this thing and you have not withheld your son, your only one,25
  17. I shall surely bless you and I shall surely multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens and like the grains of sand that are on the seashore;26 and your seed will take possession of the gate[f] of his enemies.27
  18. And by means of your seed28 all nations of the earth will certainly bless themselves[g] due to the fact that you have listened to my voice.’”29
  19. ¶ After that Abraham returned to his attendants, and they got up and went their way together to Beʹer-sheʹba;30 and Abraham continued to dwell at Beʹer-sheʹba.
  20. ¶ Now it came about after these things that the report got through to Abraham: “Here Milʹcah31 herself has also borne sons to Naʹhor32 your brother:
  21. Uz his firstborn and Buz33 his brother and Kem·uʹel the father of Aʹram,
  22. and Cheʹsed and Haʹzo and Pilʹdash and Jidʹlaph and Be·thuʹel.”34
  23. And Be·thuʹel became the father of Re·bekʹah.35 These eight Milʹcah bore to Naʹhor the brother of Abraham.
  24. There was his concubine too, whose name was Reuʹmah. In time she herself also gave birth to Teʹbah and Gaʹham and Taʹhash and Maʹa·cah.36

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “boys.”
  2. ^ M adds “and said,” but this is either an insertion by a scribe or stands as a sign of direct discourse, which we have indicated by using quotation marks.
  3. ^ Or, “you are a fearer of God.”
  4. ^ Meaning “Jehovah Will See to [It]; Jehovah Will Provide.” Heb., Yehwahʹ yir·ʼehʹ.
  5. ^ “In the mountain of Jehovah it will be provided.” Heb., beharʹ Yehwahʹ ye·ra·ʼehʹ; LXX, “In the mountain the Lord has been seen”; Sy, “In this mountain the Lord will see”; Vg, “In the mountain the Lord will see.” Some would slightly emend the entire sentence to read: “As the mountain where Jehovah appears is called at the present day.”
  6. ^ That is, of the city.
  7. ^ “Will certainly bless themselves.” The Heb. verb is in the reflexive, or hith·pa·ʽelʹ form, and so differs from the same verb in the niphʹʽal form in 12:3b, which at times has the passive meaning but more frequently has the reflexive meaning as it is rendered there. LXXSyVg, “will be blessed,” the same as in 12:3b. Compare De 29:19.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Jb 1:12; Heb 4:15; 5:8; 1Pe 1:7
  2. ^ Is 6:8
  3. ^ Pr 4:3; 8:30; Jn 3:16; 10:17
  4. ^ Ge 17:19; Jos 24:3; Ro 9:7
  5. ^ 2Ch 3:1
  6. ^ De 12:14
  7. ^ Ge 26:5; Ps 119:60
  8. ^ Ge 12:16
  9. ^ Ps 95:6; Mt 4:10
  10. ^ Jn 19:17
  11. ^ Is 53:7; 1Pe 2:23
  12. ^ Mt 26:39; Ro 8:15
  13. ^ Is 58:9; Jn 8:29
  14. ^ Ex 12:5; Ro 8:36
  15. ^ Jn 1:29; Eph 5:2; Heb 10:5; 1Pe 1:19
  16. ^ Ge 12:7; Ex 20:25; Heb 13:10
  17. ^ Mt 27:2; Jn 10:18; Ac 8:32; Pp 2:8
  18. ^ Mt 10:37; Ro 8:32; Heb 2:18; 11:17; Jm 2:21
  19. ^ Ps 34:7; 91:11; Mt 17:5
  20. ^ Ps 34:20; Jn 19:36
  21. ^ Ge 26:5; Heb 11:19; Jm 2:21; 1Jo 4:10; 5:3
  22. ^ Le 16:3
  23. ^ Ge 22:2; 2Ch 3:1; Is 25:6
  24. ^ Ps 105:9; Is 45:23; Heb 6:13
  25. ^ Jn 3:16; Ro 8:32; Heb 11:17
  26. ^ Ge 13:16; 15:5; Ac 3:25; Ga 3:29; Heb 6:14
  27. ^ 2Sa 11:23; Ps 2:8; Da 2:44; Heb 2:14; Re 11:15
  28. ^ Ge 3:15; Ro 9:7; Ga 3:16
  29. ^ Zc 8:23; Ga 3:8
  30. ^ Ge 21:31
  31. ^ Ge 11:29
  32. ^ Ge 11:26
  33. ^ Jb 32:2
  34. ^ Ge 25:20
  35. ^ Ge 24:15; Ro 9:10
  36. ^ 2Sa 10:6

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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