Hebrews 11:18

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

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Through 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

19For he reckoned that God is even able to raise a man up from among the dead, and, figuratively speaking, it was from among the dead that he received Isaac again.

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Cross References

Romans 9:7nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned."

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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