Hebrews 11:18

For it had been said to him, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17By faith Abraham, in his trial, offered up Isaac; and he laid on the altar his only son, whom he had received by promise.

19And he reasoned with himself, that God was able even to raise him from the dead: and therefore, in the similitude of a resurrection, he was restored to him.

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Cross References

Romans 9:7Neither are they all sons, because they are of the seed of Abraham: for it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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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