| Vulgata
Jerome's Latin Translation of the Bible |
G E N E S I S
Chapter 22 |
Douay-Rheims
Translation of the Latin Vulgate |
| 22:1 quae postquam gesta sunt temptavit Deus Abraham et dixit ad eum Abraham ille respondit adsum | 22:1. After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. |
| 22:2 ait ei tolle filium tuum unigenitum quem diligis Isaac et vade in terram Visionis atque offer eum ibi holocaustum super unum montium quem monstravero tibi | 22:2. He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision; and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee. |
| 22:3 igitur Abraham de nocte consurgens stravit asinum suum ducens secum duos iuvenes et Isaac filium suum cumque concidisset ligna in holocaustum abiit ad locum quem praeceperat ei Deus | 22:3. So Abraham rising up in the night, saddled his ass, and took with him two young men, and Isaac his son: and when he had cut wood for the holocaust, he went his way to the place which God had commanded him. |
| 22:4 die autem tertio elevatis oculis vidit locum procul | 22:4. And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off. |
| 22:5 dixitque ad pueros suos expectate hic cum asino ego et puer illuc usque properantes postquam adoraverimus revertemur ad vos | 22:5. And he said to his young men: Stay you here with the ass; I and the boy will go with speed as far as yonder, and after we have worshipped, will return to you. |
| 22:6 tulit quoque ligna holocausti et inposuit super Isaac filium suum ipse vero portabat in manibus ignem et gladium cumque duo pergerent simul | 22:6. And he took the wood for the holocaust, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword. And as they two went on together, |
| 22:7 dixit Isaac patri suo pater mi at ille respondit quid vis fili ecce inquit ignis et ligna ubi est victima holocausti | 22:7. Isaac said to his father: My father. And he answered: What wilt thou, son? Behold, saith he, fire and wood: where is the victim for the holocaust? |
| 22:8 dixit Abraham Deus providebit sibi victimam holocausti fili mi pergebant ergo pariter | 22:8. And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together. |
| 22:9 veneruntque ad locum quem ostenderat ei Deus in quo aedificavit altare et desuper ligna conposuit cumque conligasset Isaac filium suum posuit eum in altari super struem lignorum | 22:9. And they came to the place which God had shewn him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it; and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood. |
| 22:10 extenditque manum et arripuit gladium ut immolaret filium | 22:10. And he put forth his hand, and took the sword, to sacrifice his son. |
| 22:11 et ecce angelus Domini de caelo clamavit dicens Abraham Abraham qui respondit adsum | 22:11. And behold, an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. |
| 22:12 dixitque ei non extendas manum tuam super puerum neque facias illi quicquam nunc cognovi quod timeas Dominum et non peperceris filio tuo unigenito propter me | 22:12. And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake. |
| 22:13 levavit Abraham oculos viditque post tergum arietem inter vepres herentem cornibus quem adsumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio | 22:13. Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram, amongst the briers, sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son. |
| 22:14 appellavitque nomen loci illius Dominus videt unde usque hodie dicitur in monte Dominus videbit | 22:14. And he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon, even to this day, it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see. |
| 22:15 vocavit autem angelus Domini Abraham secundo de caelo dicens | 22:15. And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying: |
| 22:16 per memet ipsum iuravi dicit Dominus quia fecisti rem hanc et non pepercisti filio tuo unigenito | 22:16. By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake: |
| 22:17 benedicam tibi et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas caeli et velut harenam quae est in litore maris possidebit semen tuum portas inimicorum suorum | 22:17. I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. |
| 22:18 et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terrae quia oboedisti voci meae | 22:18. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice. |
| 22:19 reversus est Abraham ad pueros suos abieruntque Bersabee simul et habitavit ibi | 22:19. Abraham returned to his young men, and they went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there. |
| 22:20 his itaque gestis nuntiatum est Abraham quod Melcha quoque genuisset filios Nahor fratri suo | 22:20. After these things, it was told Abraham, that Melcha also had borne children to Nachor his brother. |
| 22:21 Hus primogenitum et Buz fratrem eius Camuhel patrem Syrorum | 22:21. Hus, the firstborn, and Buz, his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians, |
| 22:22 et Chased et Azau Pheldas quoque et Iedlaph | 22:22. And Cased, and Azau, and Pheldas, and Jedlaph, |
| 22:23 ac Bathuel de quo nata est Rebecca octo istos genuit Melcha Nahor fratri Abraham | 22:23. And Bathuel, of whom was born Rebecca: these eight did Melcha bear to Nachor, Abraham's brother. |
| 22:24 concubina vero illius nomine Roma peperit Tabee et Gaom et Thaas et Maacha | 22:24. And his concubine, named Roma, bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha. |