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

¹⁸ of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”

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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 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;