Hebrews 11:9

American Standard Version (1901)

By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

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  • Gen 12:8 : 8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
  • Gen 13:3 : 3 And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,
  • Gen 13:18 : 18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
  • Gen 18:9 : 9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
  • Heb 6:17 : 17 Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
  • Gen 35:27 : 27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
  • Gen 48:3-4 : 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
  • Acts 7:5-6 : 5 and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child. 6 And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.
  • Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
  • Gen 26:3-4 : 3 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 4 and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
  • Gen 28:4 : 4 and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.
  • Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 18:1-2 : 1 And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
  • Gen 18:6 : 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.

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  • Heb 11:5-8
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    5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:

    6And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him] ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

    7By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

  • Heb 11:10-11
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    10for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

    11By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised:

  • Heb 11:13-14
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.

  • Heb 11:16-20
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    16But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.

    17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son] ;

    18[ even he] to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

    19accounting that God [is] able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.

    20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

  • Heb 11:26-28
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    26accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.

    27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

    28By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

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    39And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

  • Gen 37:1
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    1And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

  • Heb 11:1-3
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    1Now faith is assurance of [things] hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

    2For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

    3By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

  • Acts 7:3-6
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    3and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.

    4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, [God] removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:

    5and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

    6And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

  • Ps 105:9
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    9[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

  • Heb 6:12-13
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    12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

    13For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

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    9So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

  • Gen 13:18
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    18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.

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    3And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  • Exod 6:4
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    4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

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    3sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

  • Rom 4:17-20
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    17(as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

    18Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.

    19And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;

    20yet, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God,

  • Gen 21:34
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    34And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.

  • Heb 13:14
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    14For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after [the city] which is to come.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

  • Gen 13:5
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    5And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

  • Heb 11:22
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    22By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

  • Gen 12:1
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    1Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee: