Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: even his first-born, did he that had received the promises, offer up,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, that he should be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city.

18of which first-born it was said: In Isaac shall your posterity be called:

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:12For if there is a readiness of mind, one is accepted according to what he has, not according to what he has not.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32

Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →

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