Jubilees 18

Abraham is to Sacrifice Isaac

18 And the Lord said to Abraham, "Abraham."

And he said to him, "Behold, O Lord, here I am."

2And he said to him: "Take thy son Isaac whom thou lovest, and go into the high land, and take him upon one of the hills which I will show thee."

3And he arose in the morning from there and saddled his ass, and took two young men with him, and Isaac his son, and split the wood for a sacrifice, and he came to the place on the third day, and saw the place from afar. 4And he came to a well of water, and he said to the young men: "Remain here with the ass, and I and the boy will go on and will worship, and after worshipping will return to you." 5And he took the wood for the sacrifice and put it upon the shoulders of his son Isaac and he took in his hands the fire and the knife, and the two went together to that place.

6And Isaac said to his father: "My father."

7And he said to him: "Behold, here I am, my son."

8And he said "Behold here is the fire, and the knife, and the wood; but where, my father, is the sheep for the sacrifice?"

9And he said: "The Lord will show me the sheep for the sacrifice, my son."

10And he came to the place of the hill of the Lord, and he built an altar and laid the wood upon the altar, and tied Isaac his son and placed him upon the wood over the altar, and he stretched out his hands to take the knife to sacrifice Isaac, 11And I stood before him God and before the prince Mastema, and the Lord said: "Tell him not to lay his hand upon the boy and to do him no harm; for I know that he fears the Lord."

12And the Lord called to him from heaven and said to him: "Abraham! Abraham!" and he was frightened and said: "Behold, here I am."

13And he said to him: "Do not lay thy hands upon the boy, and do him no harm, for now I know that thou fearest the Lord, and hast not spared from me thy first-born son." 14And the prince Mastema was confounded; and Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold a ram held fast with his horns. 15And Abraham went and took the ram and brought him as a sacrifice in the place of his son Isaac.

16And Abraham called this place "The Lord seeth", so that it is said "The Lord saw it" for Mount Zion.

17And the Lord called Abraham by name a second time from heaven as he had appeared to us that we should speak to him in the name of the Lord. 18And he said: "By my head, I swear, saith the Lord, because thou hast done this thing and hast not spared from me thy firstborn son whom thou lovest, therefore I will surely bless thee and will surely increase thy head like the stars of heaven and like the sand of the shore of the sea. 19And thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemy, and in thy seed shall be blessed all the nations of the earth, for this that thou hast listened to my voice and hast shown unto all that thou art faithful unto me in all that I say to thee; go in peace."

20And Abraham went to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beer-Sheba, and Abraham dwelt near the well of the oath; and he celebrated this festival in all the years, seven days in joy, and called it "the festival of the Lord", according to the seven days in which he had gone and returned in peace. 21And thus it is, and it is engraven and written in the tablets of heaven concerning Israel and its seed to keep this festival seven days in joy.