Xībóláishū 11:12

12 Suǒyǐ cóng yī ge fǎngfú yǐ sǐ de rén jiù shēng chū zǐsūn , rútóng tiān shang de xīng nàyàng zhòngduō , hǎi biān de shā nàyàng wú shǔ .

Xībóláishū 11:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 12 Therefore sprang there even of one
That is, Abraham: the Arabic version has here a strange interpolation;

``this faith Isaac and Rebecca conceived in mind, and so there were born of one, Esau and Jacob.''

And him as good as dead;
being an hundred years of age; (See Gill on Romans 4:19). The Ethiopic version reads, "the bodies of both were like a dead carcass"; both of Abraham and Sarah:

so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which
is by the sea shore innumerable;
as was promised to Abraham, ( Genesis 15:5 ) ( 22:17 ) which has been fulfilled, ( Isaiah 10:22 ) and will still have a further fulfilment, ( Hosea 1:10 ) .

Xībóláishū 11:12 In-Context

10 Yīnwei tā dĕnghòu nà zuò yǒu gēnjī de chéng , jiù shì shén suǒ jīng yíng suǒ jiànzào de .

11 Yīn zhe xìn , lián Sǎlā zìjǐ , suīrán guò le shēngyù de suìshù , hái néng huáiyùn . yīn tā yǐwéi nà yīngxǔ tāde shì kĕ xìn de .

12 Suǒyǐ cóng yī ge fǎngfú yǐ sǐ de rén jiù shēng chū zǐsūn , rútóng tiān shang de xīng nàyàng zhòngduō , hǎi biān de shā nàyàng wú shǔ .

13 Zhèxie rén dōu shì cún zhe xìnxīn sǐ de , bìng méiyǒu dé zhaó suǒ yīngxǔ de , què cóng yuǎn chù wàng jiàn , qiĕ huānxǐ yíngjiē , yòu chéngrèn zìjǐ zaì shìshang shì kèlǚ , shì jìjū de .

14 Shuō zhèyàng huà de rén , shì biǎomíng zìjǐ yào zhǎo yī ge jiāxiāng .