16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed ^ato be called their God, for He has ^bprepared a city for them.  ‡

17 By faith Abraham, ^awhen he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,  ‡

19 concluding that God ^awas able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.  ‡

20 By faith ^aIsaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.  ‡