Hebrews 11:13

All these died in faith, having not received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having been persuaded, and having greeted [them], and having confessed that they are strangers and sojourners on the earth,

Literal Standard Version

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

12for this reason, also, from one—and that of one who had become dead—were begotten as the stars of the sky in multitude, and innumerable as the sand that [is] by the seashore.

14for those saying such things make apparent that they seek a country;

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Cross References

Genesis 23:4“A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.”

Genesis 27:2And he says, “Now behold, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;

Genesis 48:21And Israel says to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, and God has been with you, and has brought you back to the land of your fathers;

Genesis 49:18For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!

Genesis 49:33And Jacob finishes commanding his sons, and gathers up his feet to the bed, and expires, and is gathered to his people.

Numbers 10:30And he says to him, “I do not go; but I go to my land and to my family.”

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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