◄ Hebrews 11:18 ►
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Good News Translation
God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I promised."

New Revised Standard Version
of whom he had been told, “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”

New American Bible
of whom it was said, “Through Isaac descendants shall bear your name.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
(To whom it was said: In Isaac shalt thy seed be called:)

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

(To whom it was said: In Isaac shalt thy seed be called:)

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Genesis 17:19 And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

Genesis 21:12 And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Romans 9:7 Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children: but in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Context
The Faith of Abraham and Sarah
…17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18(To whom it was said: In Isaac shalt thy seed be called:) 19Accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Whereupon also he received him for a parable.…
Cross References
Genesis 21:12
And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Romans 9:7
Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children: but in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Hebrews 1:1
God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all,

Hebrews 11:17
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