JubileesSecond Temple / PseudepigraphaAccepted by Some TraditionsHebrew, preserved substantially in Ge'ez with Greek and Latin witnessesShareJubilees 18R. H. Charles - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableR. H. CharlesLanguageEnglishEspañol‹Jubilees 1Jubilees 2Jubilees 3Jubilees 4Jubilees 5Jubilees 6Jubilees 7Jubilees 8Jubilees 9Jubilees 10Jubilees 11Jubilees 12Jubilees 13Jubilees 14Jubilees 15Jubilees 16Jubilees 17Jubilees 18Jubilees 19Jubilees 20Jubilees 21Jubilees 22Jubilees 23Jubilees 24Jubilees 25Jubilees 26Jubilees 27Jubilees 28Jubilees 29Jubilees 30Jubilees 31Jubilees 32Jubilees 33Jubilees 34Jubilees 35Jubilees 36Jubilees 37Jubilees 38Jubilees 39Jubilees 40Jubilees 41Jubilees 42Jubilees 43Jubilees 44Jubilees 45Jubilees 46Jubilees 47Jubilees 48Jubilees 49Jubilees 50›Jubilees 18Jubilees 18ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And God said to him, 'Abraham, Abraham'; and he said, Behold, (here) am I.' 2And he said, Take thy beloved son whom thou lovest, (even) Isaac, and go unto the high country, and offer him on one of the mountains which I will point out unto thee.' 3And he rose early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took his two young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood of the burnt offering, and he went to the place on the third day, and he saw the place afar off. 4And he came to a well of water, and he said to his young men, 'Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad shall go (yonder), and when we have worshipped we shall come again to you.' 5And he took the wood of the burnt-offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife, and they went both of them together to that place. 6And Isaac said to his father, 'Father;' and he said, 'Here am I, my son.' And he said unto him, 'Behold the fire, and the knife, and the wood; but where is the sheep for the burnt-offering, father?' 7And he said, 'God will provide for himself a sheep for a burnt-offering, my son.' And he drew near to the place of the mount of God. 8And he built an altar, and he placed the wood on the altar, and bound Isaac his son, and placed him on the wood which was upon the altar, and stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay Isaac his son. 9And I stood before him, and before the prince Mastêmâ, and the Lord said, 'Bid him not to lay his hand on the lad, nor to do anything to him, for I have shown that he fears the Lord.' 10And I called to him from heaven, and said unto him: 'Abraham, Abraham;' and he was terrified and said: 'Behold, (here) am I.' 11And I said unto him: 'Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything to him; for now I have shown that thou fearest the Lord, and hast not withheld thy son, thy first-born son, from me.' 12And the prince Mastêmâ was put to shame; and Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold a ram caught . . . by his horns, and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 13And Abraham called that place 'The Lord hath seen', so that it is said in the mount the Lord hath seen: that is Mount Sion. 14And the Lord called Abraham by his name a second time from heaven, as he caused us to appear to speak to him in the name of the Lord. 15And he said: 'By Myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, Because thou hast done this thing, And hast not withheld thy son, thy beloved son, from Me, That in blessing I will bless thee, And in multiplying I will multiply thy seed As the stars of heaven, And as the sand which is on the seashore. And thy seed shall inherit the cities of its enemies, 16And in thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed; Because thou hast obeyed My voice, And I have shown to all that thou art faithful unto Me in all that I have said unto thee: Go in peace.' 17And Abraham went to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba, and Abraham [2010 A.M.] dwelt by the Well of the Oath. 18And he celebrated this festival every year, seven days with joy, and he called it the festival of the Lord according to the seven days during which he went and returned in peace. 19And accordingly has it been ordained and written on the heavenly tablets regarding Israel and its seed that they should observe this festival seven days with the joy of festival. ‹Previous chapterJubilees 17Next chapterJubilees 19›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public-domain R. H. Charles English translation via CCEL