◄ Hebrews 11:20 ►
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Good News Translation
It was faith that made Isaac promise blessings for the future to Jacob and Esau.

New Revised Standard Version
By faith Isaac invoked blessings for the future on Jacob and Esau.

Contemporary English Version
Isaac had faith, and he promised blessings to Jacob and Esau.

New American Bible
By faith regarding things still to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By faith also of things to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

By faith also of things to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 27:27-40 He came near, and kissed him. And immediately as he smelled the fragrant smell of his garments, blessing him, he said: Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a plentiful field, which the Lord hath blessed. . . .

Genesis 28:2,3 But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel, thy mother's father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban, thy uncle. . . .

Context
The Faith of Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
19Accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Whereupon also he received him for a parable. 20By faith also of things to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau. 21By faith Jacob, dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and adored the top of his rod.…
Cross References
Genesis 27:4
Make me a savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee, before I die.

Genesis 27:27
He came near, and kissed him. And immediately as he smelled the fragrant smell of his garments, blessing him, he said: Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a plentiful field, which the Lord hath blessed.

Genesis 27:39
Isaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above,

Hebrews 11:19
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