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Heb. 11:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By faith Abraham, when hed was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,*

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Gen. 22:1• ¹And it came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Behold here I am. (Gen. 22:1)

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James 2:21• ²¹Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? (James 2:21)

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faith.

Gen. 22:1‑12• ¹And it came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Behold here I am.
²And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
³And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
⁴Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
⁵And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
⁶And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
⁷And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?
⁸And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering.
⁹and they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
¹⁰And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
¹¹And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
¹²And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. (Gen. 22:1‑12)

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James 2:21‑24• ²¹Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
²²Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
²³And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, and he was called Friend of God.
²⁴Ye see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. (James 2:21‑24)

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Deut. 8:2• ²And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. (Deut. 8:2)

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2 Chron. 32:31• ³¹{i}However in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.{/i} (2 Chron. 32:31)

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Job 1:11‑12• ¹¹but put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath — will he not curse thee to thy face.
¹²And Jehovah said unto Satan, Lo, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah. (Job 1:11‑12)

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Job 2:3‑6• ³And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, and fearing God, and eschewing evil, and still holding fast his, integrity, although thou movedst me against him to devour him without cause?
⁴And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
⁵But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh — if he will not curse thee to thy face?
⁶And Jehovah said unto Satan, Lo, he is in thine hand; but save his life. (Job 2:3‑6)

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Prov. 17:3• ³The crucible [is] for silver and the furnace for gold;{HR}But Jehovah trieth the hearts. (Prov. 17:3)

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Dan. 11:35• ³⁵And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for a time appointed. (Dan. 11:35)

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Zech. 13:9• ⁹And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. {i}They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.{/i} (Zech. 13:9)

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Mal. 3:2‑3• ²But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers’ soap:
³and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer them unto Jehovah an offering in righteousness. (Mal. 3:2‑3)

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James 1:2‑4• ²Count [it] all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
³knowing that the proving of your faith worketh out endurance;
⁴but let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. (James 1:2‑4)

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James 5:11• ¹¹Behold, we call them blessed who endured. Ye heard of the endurance of Job, and saw [the] Lord's end; for the Lord is full of compassion, and merciful. (James 5:11)

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1 Peter 1:6‑7• ⁶Wherein ye exult, now for a little (if it is needful) put to grief in manifold trials,
⁷that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perisheth though proved by fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:6‑7)

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1 Peter 4:12• ¹²Beloved, be not surprised at the fire among you that cometh for your trial, as though a strange thing were happening to you; (1 Peter 4:12)

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Rev. 3:10• ¹⁰Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial that is about to come on all the habitable {i}world{/i}, to try those that dwell on the earth. (Rev. 3:10)

received.

Heb. 7:6• ⁶but he who hath no genealogy from them hath tithed Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises. (Heb. 7:6)

offered.

2 Cor. 8:12• ¹²For if the readiness be there, [one is] accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he hath not. (2 Cor. 8:12)

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Gen. 22:2,16• ²And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
¹⁶and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son; (Gen. 22:2,16)

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John 3:16• ¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him should not perish but have life eternal. (John 3:16)

• It was indeed putting the father of the faithful to the severest test conceivable, not only abandoning to the altar his only son and heir, and sacrificing him with his own hand, but jeopardizing to all appearance the promises both for his seed and in it blessing for all families of the earth. Alike natural affection, and religious hope when raised to high degree and wide extent by God's word in Isaac, seemed to reason by such a command arbitrarily, distressingly, and irrevocably lost. (“Hebrews 11:17-19” by W. Kelly)

• He gives up Isaac, in whom were the promises: he learns resurrection, for God is infallibly faithful. The promises were in Isaac: therefore, God must restore him to Abraham, and by resurrection, if he offered him in sacrifice. (“Hebrews 11” by J.N. Darby)

• If the life of faith is tried by the opportunities to turn back which are presented by the devil, it will also be tested to prove its worth by trials sent from God. So we learn that Abraham “was tried” when he was told to offer up Isaac. (“Faith Laying Hold of the World to Come: Hebrews 11:8-22” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himselff the promises offered up his only begotten son,

JND Translation Notes

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The Greek implies the will or action of the person receiving. It is used only here and in Acts 28.7. Publius received, "took," Paul and his company into his house. It has the sense of taking on oneself physically, or as a debt or responsibility. Abraham's own mind had taken up and appropriated the promises, and yet he gave up Isaac. It was not merely they were given and taken away, with which he had nothing to do; but he had adopted them by faith in his heart, and trusted God enough to give them up according to flesh.

W. Kelly Translation

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By faith Abraham when tried offered upa Isaac, and he that received to himself the promises was offeringb his only-begotten

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"[Hath] offered up" here is not really admissible in our tongue; yet it may be in a bracket to enforce the truth. It is difficult to express in English the force of the Greek perfect and imperfect. The one gives the result of the act as if accomplished, the other the historical fact that it did not actually take place.

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The imperfect tense. See previous footnote.