⁶ Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.^(A)

Abraham Tested

22 Some time later God tested^(A) Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”

“Here I am,”^(B) he replied.

³ What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”^[a](A)

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.^(A) He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,