Bible verse
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
Hebrews 11:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from Hebrews 11.
15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
18 even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
KJV
Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
ASV
accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.
ERV
accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a parable receive him back.
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