Hebrews 11:9

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By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

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  • Gen 12:8 : 8 From there, Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
  • Gen 13:3 : 3 He journeyed from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.
  • Gen 13:18 : 18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.
  • Gen 18:9 : 9 They asked him, 'Where is your wife Sarah?' He replied, 'There, in the tent.'
  • Heb 6:17 : 17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
  • Gen 35:27 : 27 Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived as foreigners.
  • Gen 48:3-4 : 3 Jacob said to Joseph, 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.' 4 He said to me, 'I am about to make you fruitful and multiply you. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land to your descendants after you as a permanent possession.'
  • Acts 7:5-6 : 5 But God gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, even though at that time Abraham had no child. 6 God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
  • Gen 23:4 : 4 “I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me a burial site among you so I can bury my dead out of my sight.”
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed among the tents.
  • Gen 26:3-4 : 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father. 4 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
  • Gen 28:4 : 4 May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.
  • Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And there was the Lord standing above it, and He said, 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.' 14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and your descendants, all the families of the earth will be blessed.
  • Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 18:1-2 : 1 The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of the tent during the heat of the day. 2 Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.
  • Gen 18:6 : 6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, 'Quickly prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.'

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  • Heb 11:5-8
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    5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before he was taken up, he was commended as one who had pleased God.

    6And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever comes to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

    7By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverent fear prepared an ark for the salvation of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

  • Heb 11:10-11
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    10For he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

    11By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.

  • Heb 11:13-14
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    13All these people died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar and been persuaded of them, and having embraced them, they openly declared that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

  • Heb 11:16-20
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    16But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son,

    18even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

    19Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death as a symbol.

    20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

  • Heb 11:26-28
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    26He regarded the reproach for the sake of Christ as greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking forward to the reward.

    27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered as though seeing the one who is invisible.

    28By faith he observed the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them.

  • Heb 11:39
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    39And all of these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised.

  • Gen 37:1
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    1Jacob settled in the land where his father had sojourned, the land of Canaan.

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

    2For by it the ancients were commended.

    3By faith we understand that the universe was formed by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

  • Acts 7:3-6
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    3'He said to him, 'Leave your country and your relatives and come to the land that I will show you.'

    4So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him to this land where you are now living.

    5But God gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, even though at that time Abraham had no child.

    6God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

  • Ps 105:9
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    9The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.

  • Heb 6:12-13
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    12Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

  • Gen 13:18
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    18So Abram moved his tent and went to live by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.

  • Gen 13:3
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    3He journeyed from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise.

  • Exod 6:4
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    4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as strangers.

  • Gen 26:3
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    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

  • Rom 4:17-20
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    17As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

    18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.'

    19And without weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, which was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—or the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

    20He did not waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

  • Gen 21:34
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    34And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6But this man, who does not trace his descent from them, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.

  • Heb 13:14
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    14For here we have no lasting city, but we eagerly seek the city that is to come.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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

  • Heb 11:22
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    22By faith Joseph, nearing the end of his life, spoke of the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.

  • Gen 12:1
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    1The Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your land, your birthplace, and your father's household to the land that I will show you."