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God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the Lord , the eternal God.

Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied.

God said, "Take your son—your only son, whom you love, Isaac—and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you."

Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.

"God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son," Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together.

When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.

"Do not harm the boy!" the angel said. "Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me."

so that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord , the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

"The Lord , the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath, ‘To your descendants I will give this land.' He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

He prayed, "O Lord , God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

saying "Praised be the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The Lord has led me to the house of my master's relatives!"

When I came to the spring today, I prayed, ‘O Lord , God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows:

Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord . I praised the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.

After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

The Lord appeared to him that night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham."

But Isaac asked his son, "How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?" "Because the Lord your God brought it to me," he replied.

May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.