Hebrews 11:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ of whom he had been told, “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Of whom it was said, Through Isaac shall your descendants be reckoned. [Gen. 21:12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Common English Bible

¹⁸ He had been told concerning him, “Your legitimate descendants will come from Isaac.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ To him, it was said, "Through Isaac, shall your offspring be summoned,"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ (To whom it was said: In Isaac shall thy seed be called.)

Hebrews 11:18 Cross References

Genesis 17:19

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

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you.

Romans 9:7

and not all of Abraham’s children are his descendants, but “it is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”

Hebrews 1:1

Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets,