Hebrews 11:15

If they had been thinking of the country from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.

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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 say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

16But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, since he has prepared a city for them.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down into Egypt to stay, for the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 31:18He drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all his property, including the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram. Then he set out to go 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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