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And it came to pass that after Hagar was sent away that Abraham and Sarah took another wife, and her name was Qeturaha and she bore him six sons who’s names were: Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
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And it came to pass that Abraham gave gifts unto these sons, and sent them away from Isaac, his son with Sarah, while he yet lived, Eastwarda, unto the East country;
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And Abraham did continue to carea for Hagar and Ishmael, and Qeturah and her sons as was his obligationb; and he did fulfill all his duties unto them;
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But to Isaac was given the covenant, and so it was that it was the son of Sarah by him that he kept nearest to his heart, and unto the others a portion was given and these he sent on their way; and this made Sarah to rejoice in her heart.
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¶ And it came to pass that after these things, Ha’Elohima did call unto Abraham, and said unto him: Abraham!
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And Abraham answered, saying: Lo! Behold, here am Ia.
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And Ha’Elohim said: Take now thy beloved son, Isaac, whom thou lovest the most of all thy seed, and get thee into the land of Moriah;
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And there, ascend upon one of the mountains of which I will tell thee, and there thou shall offer thy son fully unto me.
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And after this, Abraham worried and pondered: How shall I separate my son Isaac from Sarah, his mother, that I may take him up for to sacrifice him as an offering unto YHVHa?
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And Abraham came into the tent of Sarah, and he sat before his wife, and as she saw him, being troubled, she spoke unto him, saying: My son, Isaac, is grown; it is time that he learn the mysteries of YHVH Elohima, even that which Melchizedekb did teach unto us;
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Now tomorrow, I pray thee, go forth and take him to the mountain of YHVH, and there he will learn the ways of YHVH:
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For thou shall teach our son to know YHVH by the signs and tokensa given us, as well as to know that when he prayeth continually before YHVH, Ha’Elohim will answer him;
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Therefore, do this, I pray thee, that our son will know the way of serving YHVH, his Elohim.
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And Abraham was troubled in his heart no more for getting his son away from his mother, for he had seen the will of YHVH manifest before his eyes;
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Yet this was still a hard and terrible thing he thought to do, and there rose up much sorrow within the mana Abraham.
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¶ And it came to pass that 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 went unto the place of which God had told him.
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And it came to pass that on the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off, and they rose up and gathered up wood that he should burn an offering to YHVH.
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And Abraham said unto the two young men: Abide you here with the ass, and I and my son will go yonder, and worship, and then come back here to you again.
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And Abraham took the wood for the offering and laid it upon Isaac’s back; and he took the fire in his hand, and his athamea, and Isaac his son; and they walked up, united together in their purpose.
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And Isaac did speak unto Abraham, his father, and said: Father?
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And Abraham said, Here am I, my son.
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And Isaac said: Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for an offering?
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And Abraham said: My son, Elohim will personally provide a lamb unto us for the offering; and the two of them went on, both of them together, united in their purpose.
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¶ And it came to pass that they came to the place of which Ha’Elohim had shown unto Abraham; and Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order.
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And Isaac spoke unto to his father, saying: Bind me securely and place me there upon the altar lest, in fear I turn and move, or break loose from the force of the knife upon my flesh to profane the offering.
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And Abraham bound Isaac, his son, and Isaac struggled not; and Abraham laid his beloved son on the altar, upon the wood, and stretched forth his hand to take up the knifed with the intent to slaughter his son:
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And the angel of YHVHa called unto Abraham from out of heaven, saying: Abraham! Abraham!
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And Abraham said: Here am I!
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And the angel of YHVH said: Lay not thine hand upon thy son, neither do thou anything to harma him;
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For thou knowest that thou fearest Elohim, seeing thou hast not withheld thy beloved son, thine only Isaac, son of Sarah from thy seed, from me.
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And at no time did I say that thou should slay thy son, but this thou feared for the great love that thou hast for Him;
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And behold: ye both now see that was a similitude of Ha’Elohim and the Yachad Yachid Echada which shall be sent, the Messiahb of the world forever and ever.
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And as Abraham understood, he lifted up his eyes and looked; and he beheld, behind a thicket, there was a ram, and he caught it by his horns;
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And Abraham went, and took the ram, and offered him up for an offering in the stead of his son; and he and Isaac did eat of it in remembrance of the Son of Man that should come.
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¶ And it came to pass that Abraham told Isaac of his visiona in the fire that night as the fire burn on and began to teach his son all he knewb of YHVH Elohim.
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And Abraham called the name of that place YHVH Yir’eh, or YHVH Will Provide; for on the Mountain of YHVH it shall be provided.
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¶ And the angel of YHVH called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, saying: Thus saith YHVH: A covenant had been made in the heavens before the world was by created by Ha’Elohim,
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That because this Adama hath done this thing, and hast not withheld his beloved son, the only son of Abraham and Sarah, from me,
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And even though I did not ask of it, yet thou wast willing to give him, and that in offering to thy Elohim, I will bless thee for the life of thy son, but not by his death;
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And in this covenant which Ha’Elohim hath made before thou wast born ye shall be blessed, Adama, in multiplying.
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And before the world was, thou was told: I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is upon the seashore;
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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 should obey my Voicea.
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And behold, I knew this of thee before we made the covenant here upon this earth, you and I, and because I knew, I made an everlasting covenanta, yea, and even a new and everlasting covenantb with thee and with thy household, and with every generation to spring forth from thee unto the end of the earth.
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But know thou this, and teach it unto thy seed and them to teach their seed after thee, unto every generation unto the end of the earth: I, YHVH, take no joy in the shedding of blooda;
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Yea, and all life is precious unto me; therefore, know ye, both thou and thy seed, that I shall never require the sacrifice of thee, or thy seed, nor of any of thy family, nor any other Adama;
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For such is an abomination unto me, and life should never be shed except to save a life, even as thy father and mother, Noah and Na’amah, taughta thee.
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¶ And it came to pass that after Abraham had finished instructing his son, he and Isaac returned unto the young men, and they rose up and went to Bearsheba; and Abraham dwelt at Bearsheba.