Hebrews 11:20

By faith in what was to be, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

In Context

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.

21By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed himself on the top of his staff.

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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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