Hebrews 11:18

Wycliffe Bible

to whom it was seid, For in Ysaac the seed schal be clepid to thee.

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."

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 Bi feith Abel offride a myche more sacrifice than Caym to God, bi which he gat witnessyng to be iust, for God bar witnessyng to hise yiftis; and bi that feith he deed spekith yit. ⁵ Bi feith Ennok was translatid, that he schulde not se deth; and he was not foundun, for the Lord translatide him. For bifore translacioun he hadde witnessing that he pleside God. ⁶ And it is impossible to plese God without feith. For it bihoueth that a man comynge to God, bileue that he is, and that he is rewardere to men that seken hym. ⁷ Bi feith Noe dredde, thorouy answere takun of these thingis that yit weren not seyn, and schapide a schip in to the helthe of his hous; bi which he dampnede the world, and is ordeyned eir of riytwisnesse, which is bi feith. ⁸ By feith he that is clepid Abraham, obeiede to go out in to a place, whiche he schulde take in to eritage; and he wente out, not witinge whidur he schulde go. ⁹ Bi feith he dwelte in the loond of biheest, as in an alien loond, dwellynge in litle housis with Ysaac and Jacob, euene heiris of the same biheest. ¹⁰ For he abood a citee hauynge foundementis, whos crafti man and maker is God. ¹¹ Bi feith also the ilke Sara bareyn, took vertu in consceyuyng of seed, yhe, ayen the tyme of age; for sche bileuede hym trewe, that hadde bihiyte. ¹² For which thing of oon, and yit nyy deed, ther ben borun as sterris of heuene in multitude, and as grauel that is at the see side out of noumbre. ¹³ Bi feith alle these ben deed, whanne the biheestis weren not takun, but thei bihelden hem afer, and gretynge hem wel, and knoulechide that thei weren pilgryms, and herboryd men on the erthe.

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
that was of Seruth, that was of Ragau, that was of Faleth, that was of Heber,

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.