Hebrews 11:13

All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only foreigners and strangers on 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

12And so from one man – and that when his powers were dead – there sprang a people as numerous ‘as the stars in the heavens or the countless grains of sand on the shore.’

14Those who speak like this show plainly that they are seeking their homeland.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:4“I am a stranger and a foreigner living among you; give me possession of a burying-place with you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

Genesis 27:2Isaac said, “See, I am old and do not know how soon I may die.

Genesis 48:21Jacob said to Joseph, “See, I am about to die; but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 49:18I have waited for your deliverance Lord!

Genesis 49:33When Jacob had finished giving these instructions to his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his ancestors.

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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