Hebrews 11:20
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
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.
22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning 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
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
Read in contextGenesis 28:2–3
Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
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