Hebrews 11:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Of whom it was said, Through Isaac shall your descendants be reckoned. [Gen. 21:12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Common English Bible

He had been told concerning him, “Your legitimate descendants will come from Isaac.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

To him, it was said, "Through Isaac, shall your offspring be summoned,"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

(To whom it was said: In Isaac shall thy seed be called.)

Hebrews 11:18 Cross References

Genesis 17:19

God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasing covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the lad and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your descendants be named.

Romans 9:7

and not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”

Hebrews 1:1

In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets;