01 July 2021, General Week 13 - Thursday FIRST READING The sacrifice of our patriarch Abraham A Reading from the book of Genesis (22, 1-19)

01 July 2021, General Week 13 - Thursday 

FIRST READING 

The sacrifice of our patriarch Abraham 

A Reading from the book of Genesis (22, 1-19) 

In those days God put Abraham to the test. He said to him: “Abraham! The latter replied: "Here I am! God said: "Take your son, your only son, the one you love, Isaac, go to the land of Moriah, and there you will offer him as a burnt offering on the mountain that I will show you. Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and set out for the place God had indicated to him. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place from afar. Abraham said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey. Me and the boy, we'll go over there to worship, and then we'll come back to you. Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and loaded it on his son Isaac; he took the fire and the knife, and they both went away together. Isaac said to his father Abraham: “My father! - Well, my son? Isaac continued, "There is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" Abraham replied, "God will find the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And they both went away together. They come to the place that God had indicated. Abraham built the altar there and laid out the wood; then he bound his son Isaac and put him on the altar over the wood. Abraham stretched out his hand and grabbed the knife to sacrifice his son. But the angel of the Lord called him from on high and said: “Abraham! Abraham! He replied: "Here I am! "The angel said to him:" Do not lay your hand on the boy! Don't hurt her! I know now that you fear God: you did not refuse me your son, your only one. Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by the horns in a bush. He went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son. Abraham gave this place the name of "The Lord Sees." It is called today: “On-the-mountain-the-Lord-is-seen. From heaven, the angel of the Lord called Abraham a second time. He declared: "I swear it by myself, oracle of the Lord: because you have done this, because you have not refused me your son, your only one, I will fill you with blessings, I will make your descendants so numerous. as the stars of the sky and the sand by the seashore, and your descendants shall occupy the strongholds of their enemies. Since you have listened to my voice, all the nations of the earth will address the blessing to one another by the name of your offspring. So Abraham returned to his servants and together they set out for Bersheba; and Abraham dwelt there.

- Word of the Lord.

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