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Hebrews 11:17 Cross-References
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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,”
Hebrews 11:17 (KJV)
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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, This recounts Abraham's supreme test of faith: God's command to sacrifice Isaac, the son of promise, the 'only begotten' (monogenēs, μονογενής—'unique,' 'one-of-a-kind') through whom all covenant promises depended. The verb 'offered up' (prosenenochenpresent perfect tense) indicates Abraham brought Isaac to the point of sacrifice, knife raised, before God intervened. In God's reckoning, Abraham completed the offering (Genesis 22:16: 'you have not withheld your son').Th...
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“I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,,And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:,וַיֹּאמֶר בִּי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי נְאֻם־יְהוָה כִּי יַעַן אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וְלֹא חָשַׂכְתָּ אֶת־בִּנְךָ אֶת־יְחִידֶךָ׃ ,and said: By Myself have I sworn”
“in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?”
“that God tested Abraham”
“we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job”
“though now for a little while”
“I also will keep you from the hour of testing”
“don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you”
“and the furnace for gold”
“to refine them”
“and touch all that he has”