Hebrews 11:18

English Standard Version

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

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:

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 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. ⁵ By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. ⁷ By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. ⁹ By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. ¹⁰ For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. ¹¹ By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. ¹² Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore. ¹³ These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the 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
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, 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.