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Read Full Chapter (Hebrews 11) Hebrews 11:17 KJV
"By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,"
Hebrews Chapter 11, Verse 17
Hebrews 11:17 in Context (Verses 14–20 KJV)
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For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
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And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
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But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
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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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Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
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Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
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By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.