Hebrews 11:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

By faith he abode in the land of promes, as in a strange countrey, as one that dwelt in tents with Isaac and Iacob heires with him of the same promes.

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  • Gen 12:8 : 8 Afterward remouing thence vnto a moutaine Eastward from Beth-el, he pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on the Westside, & Haai on the East: and there he built an altar vnto the Lord, and called on the Name of the Lord.
  • Gen 13:3 : 3 And he went on his iourney from ye South toward Beth-el, to the place where his tent had bene at ye beginning, betweene Beth-el & Haai,
  • Gen 13:18 : 18 Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelled in the plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and builded there an altar vnto ye Lorde.
  • Gen 18:9 : 9 Then they saide to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he answered, Beholde, she is in the tent.
  • Heb 6:17 : 17 So God, willing more aboundantly to shew vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsell, bound himselfe by an othe,
  • Gen 35:27 : 27 Then Iaakob came vnto Izhak his father to Mamre a citie of Arbah: this is Hebron, where Abraham and Izhak were strangers.
  • Gen 48:3-4 : 3 Then Iaakob sayde vnto Ioseph, God almightie appeared vnto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me. 4 And he sayde vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee fruitefull, and will multiplie thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will giue this lande vnto thy seede after thee for an euerlasting possession.
  • Acts 7:5-6 : 5 And hee gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the bredth of a foote: yet he promised that he would giue it to him for a possession, and to his seede after him, when as yet hee had no childe. 6 But God spake thus, that his seede should be a soiourner in a strange land: and that they should keepe it in bondage, and entreate it euill foure hundreth yeeres.
  • Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 And the boyes grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, and liued in the fields: but Iaakob was a plaine man, and dwelt in tentes.
  • Gen 26:3-4 : 3 Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father. 4 Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,
  • Gen 28:4 : 4 And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.
  • Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, & sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede. 14 And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth, & thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, & to the North, & to the South, and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.
  • Gen 18:1-2 : 1 Againe the Lord appeared vnto him in the plaine of Mamre, as he sate in his tent doore about the heate of the day. 2 And he lift vp his eyes, and looked: and lo, three men stoode by him, and when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed himselfe to the grounde.
  • Gen 18:6 : 6 Then Abraham made haste into the tent vnto Sarah, and saide, Make ready at once three measures of fine meale: kneade it, and make cakes vpon the hearth.

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  • Heb 11:5-8
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    5By faith was Enoch translated, that he should not see death: neither was he found: for God had translated him: for before he was translated, he was reported of, that he had pleased God.

    6But without faith it is vnpossible to please him: for he that commeth to God, must beleeue that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him.

    7By faith Noe being warned of God of the things which were as yet not seene, mooued with reuerence, prepared the Arke to the sauing of his housholde, through the which Arke hee condemned the world, and was made heire of the righteousnes, which is by faith.

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed God, to goe out into a place, which hee should afterward receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

  • Heb 11:10-11
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    10For he looked for a citie hauing a foundation, whose builder and maker is God.

    11Through faith Sara also receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a childe when she was past age, because she iudged him faithfull which had promised.

  • Heb 11:13-14
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    13All these died in faith, and receiued not the promises, but sawe them a farre off, and beleeued them, and receiued them thankefully, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14For they that say such things, declare plainely, that they seeke a countrey.

  • Heb 11:16-20
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    16But nowe they desire a better, that is an heauenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.

    17By faith Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offered his onely begotten sonne.

    18(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

    19For he considered that God was able to raise him vp euen from the dead: from whence he receiued him also after a sort.

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

  • Heb 11:26-28
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    26Esteeming the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect vnto the recompence of the reward.

    27By faith he forsooke Egypt, and feared not the fiercenes of the king: for he endured, as he that sawe him which is inuisible.

    28Through faith he ordeined the Passeouer and the effusion of blood, least he that destroyed the first borne, should touche them.

  • Heb 11:39
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    39And these all through faith obteined good report, and receiued not the promes,

  • Gen 37:1
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    1Iaakob nowe dwelt in the lande, wherein his father was a stranger, in the lande of Canaan.

  • Heb 11:1-3
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    1Nowe faith is the ground of things, which are hoped for, and the euidence of things which are not seene.

    2For by it our elders were wel reported of.

    3Through faith we vnderstand that the world was ordeined by the worde of God, so that the things which we see, are not made of things which did appeare.

  • Acts 7:3-6
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    3And said vnto him, Come out of thy countrey, and from thy kindred, and come into the land, which I shall shewe thee.

    4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran; after that his father was dead, God brought him from thence into this land, wherein ye now dwell,

    5And hee gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the bredth of a foote: yet he promised that he would giue it to him for a possession, and to his seede after him, when as yet hee had no childe.

    6But God spake thus, that his seede should be a soiourner in a strange land: and that they should keepe it in bondage, and entreate it euill foure hundreth yeeres.

  • Ps 105:9
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    9Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak:

  • Heb 6:12-13
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    12That ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.

    13For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

  • Gen 13:18
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    18Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelled in the plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and builded there an altar vnto ye Lorde.

  • Gen 13:3
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    3And he went on his iourney from ye South toward Beth-el, to the place where his tent had bene at ye beginning, betweene Beth-el & Haai,

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes.

  • Exod 6:4
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    4Furthermore as I made my couenant with them to giue them ye land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers:

  • Gen 26:3
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    3Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

  • Rom 4:17-20
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    17(As it is written, I haue made thee a father of many nations) euen before God whom he beleeued, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those thinges which be not, as though they were.

    18Which Abraham aboue hope, beleeued vnder hope, that he should be the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken to him, So shall thy seede be.

    19And he not weake in the faith, considered not his owne bodie, which was nowe dead, being almost an hundreth yeere olde, neither the deadnes of Saraes wombe.

    20Neither did he doubt of the promise of God through vnbeliefe, but was strengthened in the faith, and gaue glorie to God,

  • Gen 21:34
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    34And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistims land a long season.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.

  • Heb 13:14
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    14For here haue we no continuing citie: but we seeke one to come.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

  • Gen 13:5
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    5And Lot also, who went with Abram, had sheepe, and cattell and tentes,

  • Heb 11:22
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    22By faith Ioseph when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel, and gaue commandement of his bones.

  • Gen 12:1
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    1For the Lorde had said vnto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kindred, and from thy fathers house vnto the land that I will shewe thee.