Genesis, Chapter 22 After these things God tested Abraham He said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am" He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah And offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you" So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey And took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac He cut the wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place in the distance That God had shown him