Hebrews 11:17-19

New King James Version

The Faith of the Patriarchs^(A)

¹⁷By faith Abraham, ^(B)when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, ¹⁸^[a]of whom it was said, ^(C)“In Isaac your seed shall be called,” ¹⁹concluding that God ^(D)was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

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Hebrews 11:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.^(A) He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, ¹⁸even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”^[a]^(B) ¹⁹Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,^(C) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.