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]

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Footnotes

  1. 11:18 Lit seed
  2. 11:18 Gn 21:12
  3. 11:19 Or back, as a foreshadowing, or as a type

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