Hebrews 11:17
Good News Translation
It was faith that made Abraham offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice when God put Abraham to the test. Abraham was the one to whom God had made the promise, yet he was ready to offer his only son as a sacrifice.

New Revised Standard Version
By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son,

New American Bible
By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son,

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

faith.

Genesis 22:1-12 After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. . . .

James 2:21-24 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar? . . .

when.

Deuteronomy 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were known in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no.

2 Chronicles 32:31 But yet in the embassy of the princes of Babylon, that were sent to him, to inquire of the wonder that had happened upon the earth, God left him that he might be tempted, and all things might be made known that were in his heart.

Job 1:11,12 But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he bless thee not to thy face. . . .

Job 2:3-6 And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his innocence? But thou hast moved me against him, that I should afflict him without cause. . . .

Proverbs 17:3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Daniel 11:35 And some of the learned shall fall, that they may be tried, and may be chosen, and made white, even to the appointed time: because yet there shall be another time.

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.

Malachi 3:2,3 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb: . . .

James 1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations: . . .

James 5:11 Behold, we account them blessed who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

1 Peter 1:6,7 Wherein you shalt greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations: . . .

1 Peter 4:12 Dearly beloved, think not strange the burning heat which is to try you: as if some new thing happened to you.

Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon the whole world to try them that dwell upon the earth.

received.

Hebrews 7:6 But he, whose pedigree is not numbered among them, received tithes of Abraham and blessed him that had the promises.

offered.

2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath: not according to that which he hath not.

only.

Genesis 22:2,16 He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision; and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee. . . .

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.

Context
The Faith of Abraham and Sarah
16But now they desire a better, that is to say, a heavenly country. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. 17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18(To whom it was said: In Isaac shalt thy seed be called:)…
Cross References
Genesis 22:1
After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.

Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had shewn him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it; and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood.

Hebrews 11:13
All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth.

James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar?

James 2:22
Seest thou that faith did cooperate with his works and by works faith was made perfect?

Hebrews 11:16
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