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8 By faith he that is called Abraham obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing whither he went.
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By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
9 By faith he abode in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise.
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By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
10 For he looked for a city that hath foundations: whose builder and maker is God.
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For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11 By faith also Sara herself, being barren, received strength to conceive seed, even past the time of age: because she believed that he was faithful who had promised,
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And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.
12 For which cause there sprung even from one (and him as good as dead) as the stars of heaven in multitude and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
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And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
13 All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth.
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All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
14 For they that say these things do signify that they seek a country.
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People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they had doubtless, time to return.
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If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 But now they desire a better, that is to say, a heavenly country. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
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Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
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By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,
18 (To whom it was said: In Isaac shalt thy seed be called:)
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even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”
19 Accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Whereupon also he received him for a parable.
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Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
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