Hebrews 11:11-12
Context11:11 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 9:24
Context9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation 6 of the true sanctuary 7 – but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.
Genesis 22:4
Context22:4 On the third day Abraham caught sight of 8 the place in the distance.
Genesis 22:13
Context22:13 Abraham looked up 9 and saw 10 behind him 11 a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he 12 went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
Romans 5:14
Context5:14 Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type 13 of the coming one) transgressed. 14
[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).
[9:24] 6 tn Or “prefiguration.”
[9:24] 7 tn The word “sanctuary” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.
[22:4] 8 tn Heb “lifted up his eyes and saw.”
[22:13] 9 tn Heb “lifted his eyes.”
[22:13] 10 tn Heb “and saw, and look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to what Abraham saw and invites the audience to view the scene through his eyes.
[22:13] 11 tc The translation follows the reading of the MT; a number of Hebrew
[22:13] 12 tn Heb “Abraham”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[5:14] 14 tn Or “disobeyed”; Grk “in the likeness of Adam’s transgression.”