15. They did not keep thinking about the country they had left; if they had, they would have had the chance to return.
16. Instead, it was a better country they longed for, the heavenly country. And so God is not ashamed for them to call him their God, because he has prepared a city for them.
17. It was faith that made Abraham offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice when God put Abraham to the test. Abraham was the one to whom God had made the promise, yet he was ready to offer his only son as a sacrifice.
18. God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I promised.”
19. Abraham reckoned that God was able to raise Isaac from death — and, so to speak, Abraham did receive Isaac back from death.
20. It was faith that made Isaac promise blessings for the future to Jacob and Esau.