Hebrews 11:13

All of these passed away, adhering to faith, not having received the promises, yet beholding them from afar and saluting them, and confessing themselves to be sojourners and guests upon the earth.

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In The King James Version

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

In Context

12Because of this, there were also born, from one who himself was as if dead, a multitude like the stars of heaven, who are, like the sand of the seashore, innumerable.

14For those who speak in this way are themselves indicating that they seek a homeland.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:4“I am a newcomer and a sojourner among you. Give me the right of a sepulcher among you, so that I may bury my dead.”

Genesis 27:2His father said to him: “You see that I am old, and I do not know the day of my death.

Genesis 48:21And he said to his son Joseph: “See, I am dying, and God will be with you, and he will lead you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 49:18I will wait for your salvation, O Lord.

Numbers 10:30And he answered him, “I will not go with you, but I will return to my own land, in which I was born.”

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32

Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →

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