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Hebrews 11:19

FaithThe resurrectionGod's power and sovereignty

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

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BSB
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
KJV
Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
WEB
concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
ASV
accounting that God [is] able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.
DARBY
counting that God [was] able to raise [him] even from among [the] dead, whence also he received him in a figure.
BLB
having reasoned that God [was] able even to raise [him] out from the dead, from where he received him back also in a simile.
ÅB
for han tenkte at Gud er mektig selv til å vekke opp døde, og at han slik skulle få ham tilbake.
OTB
Han tenkte at Gud kunne oppreise de døde, og billedlig talt fikk han ham tilbake.
B1930
for han tenkte at Gud er mektig endog til å opvekke fra de døde, og derfra fikk han ham og likesom tilbake.

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  • Romans 4:17–21

    (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

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  • Matthew 9:28

    And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

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  • Ephesians 3:20

    Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

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  • Genesis 22:13

    And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

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  • Genesis 22:4–5

    Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

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  • Hebrews 11:11–12

    Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

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  • Hebrews 9:24

    For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

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  • Romans 5:14

    Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

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