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Hebrews 11:17
“By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;”
Verse in context — Hebrews 11
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If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
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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.
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By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;
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even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;
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concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
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