Hebrews 11:13

It was in faith that all these died without receiving the promises. Instead, after seeing and greeting them from far off, they admitted that they were foreigners and exiles on earth.

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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

12Therefore, from this one man—and he was almost dead—were born descendants as many as the stars in the sky and as countless as sand by the seashore.

14For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:4“I am a foreigner among you. Please grant me a property for a burial place among you, so that I may bury my dead.”

Genesis 27:2He said, “See here, I am old. I do not know the day of my death.

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

Genesis 49:18I wait for your salvation, Yahweh. 1

Genesis 49:33When Jacob finished these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and went to his people.

Numbers 10:30But Hobab said to Moses, “I will not go with you. I will go to my own land and my own people.”

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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