Hebrews 11:19

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“Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.”

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BSBPD

“Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive <FI>him<Fi> .”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 11:19 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 22:4On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
  2. Genesis 22:13Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
  3. Matthew 9:28After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.
  4. Romans 4:17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
  5. Romans 5:14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.
  6. Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
  7. Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
  8. Hebrews 11:11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

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