Ibrani 11:17-22

11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, ¹  yet he was ready to offer up ²  his only son. 11:18 God had told him, “Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,” ³  11:19 and he reasoned ⁴  that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense ⁵  he received him back from there. 11:20 By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future. 11:21 By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff. ⁶  11:22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, ⁷  mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel ⁸  and gave instructions about his burial. ⁹ 

¹ tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.

² tn Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of the deed.

³ tn Grk “in Isaac seed will be named for you.”

sn A quotation from Gen 21:12.

⁴ tn Grk “having reasoned,” continuing the ideas of v. 17.

⁵ tn Grk “in/by a symbol.”

⁶ tn Grk “worshiped on the top of his staff,” a quotation from Gen 47:31 (LXX).

⁷ tn Grk “coming to an end,” “dying.”

⁸ sn Joseph’s prophecy about the exodus of the sons of Israel is found in Gen 50:24.

⁹ tn Grk “about his bones,” which refers by metonymy to the disposition of his bones, i.e., his burial.

sn The instructions about his burial are recorded in Gen 50:25.