Hebrews 11:15

15 If they had been thinking about the country they had left, they could have gone back.

Hebrews 11:15 In-Context

13 All these great people died in faith. They did not get the things that God promised his people, but they saw them coming far in the future and were glad. They said they were like visitors and strangers on earth.
14 When people say such things, they show they are looking for a country that will be their own.
15 If they had been thinking about the country they had left, they could have gone back.
16 But they were waiting for a better country -- a heavenly country. So God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.
17 It was by faith that Abraham, when God tested him, offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice. God made the promises to Abraham, but Abraham was ready to offer his own son as a sacrifice.
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