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Hebrews 11:9-10

Context
11:9 By faith he lived as a foreigner 1  in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs 2  of the same promise. 11:10 For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, 3  whose architect and builder is God.

Hebrews 11:12-16

Context
11:12 So in fact children 4  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand 5  on the seashore. 6  11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, 7  but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners 8  on the earth. 11:14 For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 11:15 In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 11:16 But as it is, 9  they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

1 tn Or “settled as a resident alien.”

2 tn Or “heirs with him.”

3 tn Grk “that has foundations.”

4 tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

5 tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

6 sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).

7 tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

8 tn Or “sojourners.”

9 tn Grk “now.”



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