उत्पत्ति 22

1 इन बातों के पश्चात ऐसा हुआ कि परमेश्वर ने, इब्राहीम से यह कहकर उसकी परीक्षा की, कि हे इब्राहीम: उसने कहा, देख, मैं यहां हूं।

2 उसने कहा, अपने पुत्र को अर्थात अपने एकलौते पुत्र इसहाक को, जिस से तू प्रेम रखता है, संग ले कर मोरिय्याह देश में चला जा, और वहां उसको एक पहाड़ के ऊपर जो मैं तुझे बताऊंगा होमबलि करके चढ़ा।

3 सो इब्राहीम बिहान को तड़के उठा और अपने गदहे पर काठी कसकर अपने दो सेवक, और अपने पुत्र इसहाक को संग लिया, और होमबलि के लिये लकड़ी चीर ली; तब कूच करके उस स्थान की ओर चला, जिसकी चर्चा परमेश्वर ने उससे की थी।

4 तीसरे दिन इब्राहीम ने आंखें उठा कर उस स्थान को दूर से देखा।

5 और उसने अपने सेवकों से कहा गदहे के पास यहीं ठहरे रहो; यह लड़का और मैं वहां तक जा कर, और दण्डवत करके, फिर तुम्हारे पास लौट आऊंगा।

6 सो इब्राहीम ने होमबलि की लकड़ी ले अपने पुत्र इसहाक पर लादी, और आग और छुरी को अपने हाथ में लिया; और वे दोनों एक साथ चल पड़े।

7 इसहाक ने अपने पिता इब्राहीम से कहा, हे मेरे पिता; उसने कहा, हे मेरे पुत्र, क्या बात है उसने कहा, देख, आग और लकड़ी तो हैं; पर होमबलि के लिये भेड़ कहां है?

8 इब्राहीम ने कहा, हे मेरे पुत्र, परमेश्वर होमबलि की भेड़ का उपाय आप ही करेगा।

9 सो वे दोनों संग संग आगे चलते गए। और वे उस स्थान को जिसे परमेश्वर ने उसको बताया था पहुंचे; तब इब्राहीम ने वहां वेदी बनाकर लकड़ी को चुन चुनकर रखा, और अपने पुत्र इसहाक को बान्ध के वेदी पर की लकड़ी के ऊपर रख दिया।

10 और इब्राहीम ने हाथ बढ़ाकर छुरी को ले लिया कि अपने पुत्र को बलि करे।

11 तब यहोवा के दूत ने स्वर्ग से उसको पुकार के कहा, हे इब्राहीम, हे इब्राहीम; उसने कहा, देख, मैं यहां हूं।

12 उसने कहा, उस लड़के पर हाथ मत बढ़ा, और न उससे कुछ कर: क्योंकि तू ने जो मुझ से अपने पुत्र, वरन अपने एकलौते पुत्र को भी, नहीं रख छोड़ा; इस से मैं अब जान गया कि तू परमेश्वर का भय मानता है।

13 तब इब्राहीम ने आंखे उठाई, और क्या देखा, कि उसके पीछे एक मेढ़ा अपने सींगो से एक झाड़ी में बंझा हुआ है: सो इब्राहीम ने जाके उस मेंढ़े को लिया, और अपने पुत्र की सन्ती होमबलि करके चढ़ाया।

14 और इब्राहीम ने उस स्थान का नाम यहोवा यिरे रखा: इसके अनुसार आज तक भी कहा जाता है, कि यहोवा के पहाड़ पर उपाय किया जाएगा।

15 फिर यहोवा के दूत ने दूसरी बार स्वर्ग से इब्राहीम को पुकार के कहा,

16 यहोवा की यह वाणी है, कि मैं अपनी ही यह शपथ खाता हूं, कि तू ने जो यह काम किया है कि अपने पुत्र, वरन अपने एकलौते पुत्र को भी, नहीं रख छोड़ा;

17 इस कारण मैं निश्चय तुझे आशीष दूंगा; और निश्चय तेरे वंश को आकाश के तारागण, और समुद्र के तीर की बालू के किनकों के समान अनगिनित करूंगा, और तेरा वंश अपने शत्रुओं के नगरों का अधिकारी होगा:

18 और पृथ्वी की सारी जातियां अपने को तेरे वंश के कारण धन्य मानेंगी: क्योंकि तू ने मेरी बात मानी है।

19 तब इब्राहीम अपने सेवकों के पास लौट आया, और वे सब बेर्शेबा को संग संग गए; और इब्राहीम बेर्शेबा में रहता रहा॥

20 इन बातों के पश्चात ऐसा हुआ कि इब्राहीम को यह सन्देश मिला, कि मिल्का के तेरे भाई नाहोर से सन्तान उत्पन्न हुए हैं।

21 मिल्का के पुत्र तो ये हुए, अर्थात उसका जेठा ऊस, और ऊस का भाई बूज, और कमूएल, जो अराम का पिता हुआ।

22 फिर केसेद, हज़ो, पिल्दाश, यिद्लाप, और बतूएल।

23 इन आठों को मिल्का इब्राहीम के भाई नाहोर के जन्माए जनी। और बतूएल ने रिबका को उत्पन्न किया।

24 फिर नाहोर के रूमा नाम एक रखेली भी थी; जिस से तेबह, गहम, तहश, और माका, उत्पन्न हुए॥

1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.

16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.