⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going.^{(A) 9} By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise.^{(B) 10} For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.^(C)

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac.^(A) He received the promises and yet he was offering his one and only son, ¹⁸ the one to whom it had been said, Your offspring^[a] will be traced through Isaac.^{[b](B) 19} He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead;^(C) therefore, he received him back, figuratively speaking.^[c]