Hebrews 11:20
18 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.
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
- KJV
- By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
- WEB
- By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.
- ASV
- By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.
- DARBY
- By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
- BLB
- By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the [things] about to be.
- ÅB
- Ved tro velsignet Isak Jakob og Esau, med syn på det som skulle komme.
- OTB
- Ved tro velsignet Isak Jakob og Esau med hensyn til fremtidige hendelser.
- B1930
- Ved tro velsignet Isak Jakob og Esau, med syn på det som skulde komme.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 27:27–40
So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
Read in contextGenesis 28:2–3
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Read in context