Hebrews 11:10

For Avraham Avinu was looking forward to the Shtetl having a yesod Olam (eternally firm foundation), whose Planner and Builder is Hashem.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

In Context

9By Emunah he made aliyah to HA'ARETZ ASHER DIBER + 11:9 Dt 9:28 (the land that He promised), Ha'aretz haHavtacha (the Promised Land), as in an eretz zarah (a strange land), living in oholim (tents), as did Yitzchak and Ya'akov, the fellow yorshim (heirs) of the same havtachah (promise);

11By Emunah also Sarah, herself barren, received the ability to found a posterity, and she did so even beyond the normal age, als (since) she considered ne'eman (faithful) the One having given the Havtachah (promise);

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Cross References

John 14:2In the Beis Avi there are many me'onot + 14:2 cf. 14:23 (dwelling places, permanent residences, homes); if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a makom (place) for you?

Philippians 3:20But the torat haEzrakhut + 3:20 see Pp 1:27 (citizenship) we conduct exists in Shomayim, + 3:20 Ep 2:6; MJ 12:22; Ga 4:26; 6:16 from where also we eagerly await a Moshi'a (Savior), a Go'el, Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua,

Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Tziyon, that is, HaIr HaElohim Chayyim, to the Yerushalayim in Shomayim and to myriads of malachim in a knesset innumerable,

Hebrews 13:14For we do not have here a lasting Ir HaKodesh, but we seek one to come.

Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Ruach Hakodesh onto a great and high mountain, and showed me the Ir Hakodesh, Yerushalayim, descending and coming down out of Shomayim from Hashem, + 21:10 Ezek 40:2

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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