New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Hebrews 11:17
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By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
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By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son],
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By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his only born son,
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son];
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By faith Abraham has offered up Isaac, being tested. Even the [one] having received the promises was offering up [his] only begotten,
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Hebrews 11
15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
18 even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
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