Hebrews 11:17-19

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷By faith ^(A)Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and the one who had ^(B)received the promises was offering up his ^[a]only son; ¹⁸it was he to whom it was said, “^(C)Through Isaac your ^[b]descendants shall be named.” ¹⁹^[c]He considered that ^(D)God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back ^[d]as a ^[e]^(E)type.

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Hebrews 11:17 I.e., only son with Sarah
Hebrews 11:18 Lit seed
Hebrews 11:19 Lit Considering
Hebrews 11:19 Lit in
Hebrews 11:19 I.e., of resurrection, figuratively, pointing to the future

Hebrews 11:17-19

International Standard Version

¹⁷By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac—he who had received the promises was about to offer his unique son^[a] in sacrifice, ¹⁸about whom it had been said, “It is through Isaac that descendants will be named for you.”^[b] ¹⁹Abraham^[c] was certain that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did get Isaac^[d] back in this way.

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Hebrews 11:17 Lit. unique one
Hebrews 11:18 Cf. Gen 21:12
Hebrews 11:19 Lit. He
Hebrews 11:19 Lit. him

Hebrews 11:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷By 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, ¹⁸even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”^[a]^(B) ¹⁹Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,^(C) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.