18. Of him God said, “Through Isaac shall your seed be named.”
19. He reasoned that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he indeed received him in a figurative sense.
20. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshipped while leaning on the top of his staff.
22. By faith Joseph, when he was dying, mentioned the exodus of the children of Israel and gave instructions concerning his bones.
23. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s command.
24. By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
25. choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy thepleasures of sin for a time.
26. He esteemed the reproach of Christ as greater riches thanthe treasures in Egypt, for he looked to the reward.
27. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king. He endured by looking to Him who is invisible.
28. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest the one who destroys the firstborn touch them.