Hebrews 11:17-28

New International Version

¹⁷By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.^(A) He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, ¹⁸even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”^[a]^(B) ¹⁹Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,^(C) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

²⁰By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.^(D)

²¹By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,^(E) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

²²By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.^(F)

²³By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,^(G) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.^(H)

²⁴By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.^(I) ²⁵He chose to be mistreated^(J) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. ²⁶He regarded disgrace^(K) for the sake of Christ^(L) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.^(M) ²⁷By faith he left Egypt,^(N) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. ²⁸By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer^(O) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.^(P)