17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;


In Context

14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

15 If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.

16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;

18 even he to whom it was said, |In Isaac will your seed be called;|

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

Hebrews 11:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son, ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:17By 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,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered Isaac: and he that had received the promises, offered up his only begotten son;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten'son ;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten son,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only-begotten son,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,