19Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.


In Context

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 God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,

18 even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned."

19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

Hebrews 11:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:19Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:19Accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Whereupon also he received him for a parable.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:19accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19counting that God was able to raise him even from among the dead, whence also he received him in a figure.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:19accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a parable receive him back.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19Accounting that God was able to raise him even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from where also he received him in a figure.