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Hebrews 11:11-12

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11:11 By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, 1  he received the ability to procreate, 2  because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy. 11:12 So in fact children 3  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand 4  on the seashore. 5 

Hebrews 11:17

Context
11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, 6  yet he was ready to offer up 7  his only son.
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[11:11]  1 tn Grk “past the time of maturity.”

[11:11]  2 tn Grk “power to deposit seed.” Though it is not as likely, some construe this phrase to mean “power to conceive seed,” making the whole verse about Sarah: “by faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and too old, she received ability to conceive, because she regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.”

[11:12]  3 tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

[11:12]  4 tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

[11:12]  5 sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).

[11:17]  6 tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.

[11:17]  7 tn Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of the deed.



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