Hebrews 11:17

Through faith Abraham, as soon as God put him to the test, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had joyfully welcomed the promises was on the point of sacrificing his only son

Weymouth NT (1912)

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, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them.

18with regard to whom he had been told, "It is through Isaac that your posterity shall be traced."

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:12For, assuming the earnest willingness, the gift is acceptable according to whatever a man has, and 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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