SinaiHebrews 11:17
World English Bible
By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son,
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Hebrews 11:17 in other translations
By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;
Hebrews 11:17 in context
- 15If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
- 16But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
- 17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son,
- 18to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,”
- 19concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.