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Hebrews 11:18

Isaac
God's faithfulness

16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
KJV
Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
WEB
to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,”
ASV
even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
DARBY
as to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
BLB
as to whom it was said, “In Isaac a seed will be called to you,”
ÅB
han som det ble sagt til: I Isak skal det nevnes deg en slekt;
OTB
Det var han som det ble sagt til: "Gjennom Isak skal din ætt kalles."
B1930
han som det blev sagt til: I Isak skal det nevnes dig en ætt;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 21:12

    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

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  • Romans 9:7

    Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

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  • Genesis 17:19

    But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

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