Hebrews 11:15

And if, indeed, they had been mindful of the very place from which they departed, they certainly would have returned in time.

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In The King James Version

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

In Context

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

16But now they hunger for a better place, that is, Heaven. For this reason, God is not ashamed to be called their God. For he has prepared a city for them.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.

Genesis 31:18And he took all his substance and flocks, and whatever he had acquired in Mesopotamia, and he journeyed to his father Isaac, in the land of Canaan.

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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