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So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt offering and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him.

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Early the next morning(A) Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.

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60 I hurry and do not delay
    to keep your commandments.

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60 I will hasten and not delay
    to obey your commands.(A)

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37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me,(A)

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37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.(A)

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26 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.(A)

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26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.(A)

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17 By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son,(A) 18 of whom he had been told, “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”(B) 19 He considered the fact that God is able even to raise someone from the dead—and, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.(C)

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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, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[a](B) 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,(C) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12

16 to reveal his Son to me,[a] so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with any human,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.16 Gk in me

16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles,(A) my immediate response was not to consult any human being.(B)

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Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace,
    in peace because they trust in you.
Trust in the Lord forever,
    for in the Lord God[a]
    you have an everlasting rock.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 26.4 Heb in Yah, the Lord

You will keep in perfect peace(A)
    those whose minds are steadfast,
    because they trust(B) in you.
Trust(C) in the Lord forever,(D)
    for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(E) eternal.

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10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.(A)

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10 Whatever(A) your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,(B) for in the realm of the dead,(C) where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.(D)

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14 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

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14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar.(A) He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.(B)

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23 Then Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.(A)

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23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household(A) or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.(B)

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The Faith of Abraham

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance, and he set out, not knowing where he was going.(A)

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By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(A) obeyed and went,(B) even though he did not know where he was going.

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28 Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”(A) 29 Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the good news[a](B) 30 who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 10.29 Or gospel

28 Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”(A)

29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much(B) in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come(C) eternal life.(D) 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”(E)

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