創世記第22章

1這些事以後, 神要試驗亞伯拉罕,就呼叫他說:「亞伯拉罕!」他說:「我在這裡。」
2 神說:「你帶著你的兒子,就是你獨生的兒子,你所愛的以撒,往摩利亞地去,在我所要指示你的山上,把他獻為燔祭。」
3亞伯拉罕清早起來,備上驢,帶著兩個僕人和他兒子以撒,也劈好了燔祭的柴,就起身往 神所指示他的地方去了。

Cornelis de Vos – Abraham taking Isaac to be sacrificed(1620~51)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

4到了第三日,亞伯拉罕舉目遠遠地看見那地方。
5亞伯拉罕對他的僕人說:「你們和驢在此等候,我與童子往那裡去拜一拜,就回到你們這裡來。」

Pedro Orrente – Abraham e Isaac camino del sacrificio(17th century)Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

6亞伯拉罕把燔祭的柴放在他兒子以撒身上,自己手裡拿著火與刀;於是二人同行。

James Tissot – Isaac Bears the Wood for His Sacrifice(c. 1896-1902)Jewish Museum, New York(Public Domain, Jewish Museum)

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    Cosme de Acuña: Abraham e Isaac camino del sacrificio(18th century)Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Anonymous – Sacrifice of Isaac(Public Domain, Marysrosaries)

    Domenichino – Abraham Leading Isaac to Sacrifice(1602)Kimbell Art Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

7以撒對他父親亞伯拉罕說:「父親哪!」亞伯拉罕說:「我兒,我在這裡。」以撒說:「請看,火與柴都有了,但燔祭的羊羔在哪裡呢?」
8亞伯拉罕說:「我兒, 神必自己預備作燔祭的羊羔。」於是二人同行。
9他們到了 神所指示的地方,亞伯拉罕在那裡築壇,把柴擺好,捆綁他的兒子以撒,放在壇的柴上。

Jan Victors – Abraham and Isaac Before the Sacrifice(1642)Tel Aviv Museum of Art(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

10亞伯拉罕就伸手拿刀,要殺他的兒子。
11耶和華的使者從天上呼叫他說:「亞伯拉罕!亞伯拉罕!」他說:「我在這裡。」

Anonymous – Abraham erhebt das Messer (Opferung Isaaks)(c.1700)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

12天使說:「你不可在這童子身上下手。一點不可害他!現在我知道你是敬畏 神的了;因為你沒有將你的兒子,就是你獨生的兒子,留下不給我。」

After Rembrandt – Sacrifice of Isaac(before 1669)Museum of Art and Archaeology(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

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    Pieter Thijs – Sacrifice of Isaac(17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Giovanni Battista Piazzetta: The Sacrifice of Isaac(c.1715)Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Pieter Lastman – The Angel of the Lord Preventing Abraham from Sacrificing his Son Isaac(1616)Louvre Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Federiko Benković: Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac(1715)Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Caravaggio – Sacrifice of Isaac(c.1603)Uffizi Gallery, Florence(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

13亞伯拉罕舉目觀看,不料,有一隻公羊,兩角扣在稠密的小樹中。亞伯拉罕就取了那隻公羊來,獻為燔祭,代替他的兒子。

Anton Losenko – The Sacrifice of Isaac(1765)Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

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    Caravaggio & Bartolomeo Cavarozzi – Sacrifice of Isaac(c.1603)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Philippe de Champaigne: The Sacrifice of Isaac(before 1675)Private Collection(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern – Abraham sacrificing Isaac.(1849)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Cigoli – The Sacrifice of Isaac(c.1607)Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Bernhard Keil: Sacrificio di Isacco(before 1687)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Giuseppe Vermiglio: Sacrifice of Isaac(before 1635)Palazzo Bianco, Genoa, Italy(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Celestin Medović – The Sacrifice of Isaac(1895)Moderna galerija, Zagreb(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Giovanni Battista Gaulli – Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac(c.1700)High Museum of Art, Atlanta(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Cornelis de Vos – The Sacrifice of Abraham(c.1631~5)Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Jacob Franquart – The angel restraints Abraham from sacrifising Isaac(1616)Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Domenichino: The Sacrifice of Abraham(1627~8)Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Jacob Franquart: The angel restraints Abraham from sacrifising Isaac(1616)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Laurent de La Hyre – Le Sacrifice d’Abraham(1650)Museum of Fine Arts of Reims(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)

    Anonymous – Sacrifice of Isaac(18th century)Kamnik Intermunicipal Museum, Kamnik, Slovenia(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Alessandro Allori – Isaaks Opferung(1601)Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Brunswick Monogrammist: Abraham Leading his Son Isaac to the Sacrifice(1500~1550)Louvre Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

    Orazio Riminaldi: Sacrifice of Isaac(c.1625)Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome, Italy(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Jan Lievens – The Sacrifice of Isaac(c.1638)Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

David Teniers the Younger: Abraham’s Sacrifice(1653)Kunsthistorisches Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

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    Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich: The Sacrifice of Isaac(18th century)Hermitage Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

14亞伯拉罕給那地方起名叫「耶和華以勒」(就是耶和華必預備的意思),直到今日人還說:「在耶和華的山上必有預備。」
15耶和華的使者第二次從天上呼叫亞伯拉罕說:
16「耶和華說:『你既行了這事,不留下你的兒子,就是你獨生的兒子,我便指著自己起誓說:
17論福,我必賜大福給你;論子孫,我必叫你的子孫多起來,如同天上的星,海邊的沙。你子孫必得著仇敵的城門,
18並且地上萬國都必因你的後裔得福,因為你聽從了我的話。』」

Otto Adolph Stemler – Abraham embraces his son Isaac after receiving him back from God(1927)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

19於是亞伯拉罕回到他僕人那裡,他們一同起身往別是巴去,亞伯拉罕就住在別是巴。
20這事以後,有人告訴亞伯拉罕說:「密迦給你兄弟拿鶴生了幾個兒子,
21長子是烏斯,他的兄弟是布斯和亞蘭的父親基母利,
22並基薛、哈瑣、必達、益拉、彼土利(彼土利生利百加)。」
23這八個人都是密迦給亞伯拉罕的兄弟拿鶴生的。
24拿鶴的妾名叫流瑪,生了提八、迦含、他轄,和瑪迦。