Hebrews 11:18

Easy-to-Read Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the one to whom it had been said, Your offspringwill be traced through Isaac.

King James Version (1611)
Of whom it was said, That, in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

King James Version
Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

English Standard Version
of whom it was said, "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named."

New American Standard Bible
it was he to whom it was said, "THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS SHALL BE NAMED."

New Century Version
God had said, "The descendants I promised you will be from Isaac."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
it was he to whom it was said, "IN ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS SHALL BE CALLED."

Legacy Standard Bible
to whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called."

Berean Standard Bible
even though God had said to him, "Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned."

Complete Jewish Bible
to whom it had been said, " What is called your ‘seed' will be in Yitz'chak. "

Darby Translation
as to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Geneva Bible (1587)
(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

George Lamsa Translation
Of whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Good News Translation
God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I promised."

Lexham English Bible
with reference to whom it was said, "In Isaac your descendants will be named,"

Literal Translation
as to whom it was said, "In Isaac your Seed shall be called;" Gen. 21:12

Amplified Bible
to whom it was said, "THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS SHALL BE CALLED."

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

Bible in Basic English
Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

Hebrew Names Version
even he to whom it was said, "In Yitzchak will your seed be called;"

International Standard Version
about whom it had been said, "It is through Isaac that descendants will be named for you."Genesis 21:12">[fn]Genesis 21:12; Romans 9:7;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
for it had been said to him, In Ishok shall be called to thee the seed.

Murdock Translation
For it had been said to him, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
To whom it was saide, that in Isaac shall thy seede be called.

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

World English Bible
even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Of whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Weymouth's New Testament
with regard to whom he had been told, "It is through Isaac that your posterity shall be traced."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
to whom it was seid, For in Ysaac the seed schal be clepid to thee.

Update Bible Version
even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall your seed be called:

Webster's Bible Translation
Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

New English Translation
God had told him, " Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name ,"

New King James Version
of whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called," Genesis 21:12">[fn]

New Living Translation
even though God had told him, "Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted."

New Life Bible
God had said to Abraham, "Your family will come from Isaac."

New Revised Standard
of whom he had been told, "It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even him of whom it had been said - In Isaac, shall there be called to thee, a seed:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(To whom it was said: In Isaac shalt thy seed be called:)

Revised Standard Version
of whom it was said, "Through Isaac shall your descendants be named."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
of who it was sayde in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Young's Literal Translation
of whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
of whom it was sayde: In Isaac shal thy sede be called:

Mace New Testament (1729)
of whom it was said, "only the descendants of Isaac shall be counted your posterity:"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Abe knew God had promised him that through Isaac he would have descendants.

Contextual Overview

⁴ Cain and Abel both offered sacrifices to God. But Abel offered a better sacrifice to God because he had faith. God said he was pleased with what Abel offered. And so God called him a good man because he had faith. Abel died, but through his faith he is still speaking. ⁵ Enoch was carried away from this earth, so he never died. The Scriptures tell us that before he was carried off, he was a man who pleased God. Later, no one knew where he was, because God had taken Enoch to be with him. This all happened because he had faith. ⁶ Without faith no one can please God. Whoever comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who sincerely try to find him. ⁷ Noah was warned by God about things that he could not yet see. But he had faith and respect for God, so he built a large boat to save his family. With his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong. And he became one of those who are made right with God through faith. ⁸ God called Abraham to travel to another place that he promised to give him. Abraham did not know where that other place was. But he obeyed God and started traveling because he had faith. ⁹ Abraham lived in the country that God promised to give him. He lived there like a visitor who did not belong. He did this because he had faith. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who also received the same promise from God. ¹⁰ Abraham was waiting for the city that has real foundations. He was waiting for the city that is planned and built by God. ¹¹ Sarah was not able to have children, and Abraham was too old. But he had faith in God, trusting him to do what he promised. And so God made them able to have children. ¹² Abraham was so old he was almost dead. But from that one man came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky. So many people came from him that they are like grains of sand on the seashore. ¹³ All these great people continued living with faith until they died. They did not get the things God promised his people. But they were happy just to see those promises coming far in the future. They accepted the fact that they were like visitors and strangers here on earth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Of: or, To

That: Genesis 17:19, Genesis 21:12, Romans 9:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:3 - General Matthew 1:2 - Abraham Galatians 3:29 - Abraham's

Cross-References

Luke 3:35
Nahor was the son of Serug. Serug was the son of Reu. Reu was the son of Peleg. Peleg was the son of Eber. Eber was the son of Shelah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of whom it is said,.... That is, of Isaac, Abraham's own son, whom he offered up; or rather, "to whom it was said", as the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions render it; that is, to Abraham, for to him was this said, Genesis 21:12

that in Isaac shall thy seed be called; that numerous natural seed of his, which should inherit the land of Canaan; and his special famous seed, the Messiah, to whom the promises were made;

Genesis 21:12- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called; - Genesis 21:12. A numerous posterity had been promised to him. It was there said expressly that this promise was not to be fulfilled through the son of Abraham, by the bondwoman Hagar, but through Isaac. Of course, it was implied that Isaac was to reach manhood, and yet notwithstanding this, and notwithstanding Abraham fully believed it, be prepared deliberately, in obedience to the divine command, to put him to death. The phrase “thy seed be called” means, that his posterity was to be named after Isaac, or was to descend only from him. The word “called” in the Scriptures is often equivalent to the verb “to be;” see Isaiah 56:7. To “name” or “call” a thing was the same as to say that it was, or that it existed. It does not mean here that his “spiritual” children were to be called or selected from among the posterity of Isaac, but that the posterity promised to Abraham would descend neither from Ishmael nor the sons of Keturah, but in the line of Isaac. This is a strong circumstance insisted on by the apostle to show the strength of Abraham’s faith. It was shown not only by his willing hess to offer up the child of his old age - his only son by his beloved wife, but by his readiness, at the command of God, to sacrifice even him on whom the fulfillment of the promises depended.