Discovery BoxHebrews 11:13 
Context11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, 1 but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners 2 on the earth.
Hebrews 11:17
Context11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, 3 yet he was ready to offer up 4 his only son.
1 tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.
2 tn Or “sojourners.”
3 tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.
4 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.
