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Hebrews 11:18

“of whom it had been said: Through Isaac offspring will be named for you,”

Hebrews 11:18 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Genesis 21:12

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Hebrews quotes the promise about Isaac in the account of the sacrifice in Genesis 22.

Formula: πρὸς ὃν ἐλαλήθη ὅτι “of whom it had been said” (Hebrews 11:18)

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Greek of the New Testament: πρὸς ὃν ἐλαλήθη ὅτι Ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל אַבְרָהָם אַל יֵרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עַל הַנַּעַר וְעַל אֲמָתֶךָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר אֵלֶיךָ שָׂרָה שְׁמַע בְּקֹלָהּ כִּי בְיִצְחָק יִקָּרֵא לְךָ זָרַע

Septuagint (Genesis 21:12 in the Septuagint numbering): εἶπεν δὲ ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ Μὴ σκληρὸν ἴστω τὸ ῥῆμα ἐναντίον σου περὶ τοῦ παιδίου καὶ περὶ τῆς παιδίσκης· πάντα ὅσα ἐἀν εἴπῃ σοι Σάρρα, ἄκουε τῆς φωνῆς αὐτῆς· ὅτι ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “ὅτι Ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Hebrews 11:18, word by word

it had been saidἐλαλήθηelalēthē

tell

To tell someone something, announce it.

Where else “elalēthē” appears
IsaacἸσαὰκIsaak

Isaac

Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, the son of the promise.

Where else “Isaak” appears
offspringσπέρμαsperma

offspring

Someone's children and descendants.

Where else “sperma” appears
will be namedκληθήσεταίklēthēsetai

call

To give someone a name.

Where else “klēthēsetai” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Genesis 21:12.

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Quotation · Genesis 21:12

Hebrews quotes the promise about Isaac in the account of the sacrifice in Genesis 22.

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Hebrews 11:18

18of whom it had been said: Through Isaac offspring will be named for you,

Genesis 21:12

12But Elohim said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your eyes on account of the boy and on account of your slave woman. All that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for through Isaac offspring will be named for you.

The context

17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac; and the one who had received the promises was offering up his only son,

18 · This verse (above)

19reasoning that God was able even to raise people from the dead; from which he also received him back, as a symbol.

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