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    "content": "Genesis, Chapter 22 — 24 verses (Douay-Rheims)",
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  "citation": "Genesis 22 (Douay-Rheims)",
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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "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.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "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.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "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.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 6,
      "text": "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,",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 7,
      "text": "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?",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 8,
      "text": "And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 9,
      "text": "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.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "And he put forth his hand, and took the sword, to sacrifice his son.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "And behold, an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "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.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "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.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "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.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying:",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "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:",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "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.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "Abraham returned to his young men, and they went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "After these things, it was told Abraham, that Melcha also had borne children to Nachor his brother.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "Hus, the firstborn, and Buz, his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians,",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "And Cased, and Azau, and Pheldas, and Jedlaph,",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "And Bathuel, of whom was born Rebecca: these eight did Melcha bear to Nachor, Abraham's brother.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "And his concubine, named Roma, bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha.",
      "citation": "Genesis 22:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    }
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