Hebrews 11:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 21:12 : 12 But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
  • Rom 9:7 : 7 And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.
  • Gen 17:19 : 19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 11:17
    83%

    17By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

  • Gen 21:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

    13And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.

  • Gen 17:18-19
    2 verses
    81%

    18And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

    19And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

  • Rom 9:7-10
    4 verses
    81%

    7And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

    9For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

    10And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

  • Gen 22:16-18
    3 verses
    79%

    16Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

    17That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

    18And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

  • Rom 4:16-18
    3 verses
    79%

    16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

    18Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

  • Gen 25:19
    78%

    19Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

  • Heb 11:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

    20By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.

  • Gen 21:3
    77%

    3And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.

  • 1 Chr 1:28
    77%

    28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

  • Gal 3:16
    77%

    16Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

  • Gal 4:28
    76%

    28Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

  • Gen 18:18
    76%

    18Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

  • Gal 3:6-9
    4 verses
    76%

    6Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

    7Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

    8And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

    9So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
    76%

    34And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • 1 Chr 16:16
    75%

    16The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Gen 28:4
    75%

    4And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Gen 17:21
    75%

    21But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

  • Gen 15:3-5
    3 verses
    75%

    3And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

    4Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.

    5And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

  • Heb 11:8
    75%

    8By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

  • Gen 22:2
    74%

    2And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.

  • Acts 3:25
    74%

    25You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

  • Gen 21:5
    74%

    5Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.

  • Gen 17:9
    74%

    9And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

  • Heb 11:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

    12So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.

  • Gen 35:12
    74%

    12And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

  • Jas 2:21
    74%

    21Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

  • Josh 24:3
    74%

    3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

  • Ps 105:9
    73%

    9The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Gen 28:13
    73%

    13And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

  • Rom 4:12
    73%

    12And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.

  • Heb 7:6
    73%

    6But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

  • Rom 9:12
    73%

    12It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.