Hebrews 11:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, 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 moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.
  • Gen 13:3 : 3 And he traveled on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
  • Gen 13:18 : 18 Then Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.
  • Gen 18:9 : 9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
  • Heb 6:17 : 17 In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath:
  • Gen 35:27 : 27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, to the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac lived.
  • Gen 48:3-4 : 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.
  • Acts 7:5-6 : 5 And He gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on; yet he promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child. 6 And God spoke in this way, that his descendants would dwell in a strange land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and treat them poorly for four hundred years.
  • Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a possession of a burial 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 skilled hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a simple man, dwelling in tents.
  • Gen 26:3-4 : 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father; 4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
  • Gen 28:4 : 4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.
  • Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants; 14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 18:1-2 : 1 And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood by him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the ground,
  • Gen 18:6 : 6 And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

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  • Heb 11:5-8
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    5By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death; and was not found, because God had taken him: for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

    6But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

    7By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

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

  • Heb 11:10-11
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    82%

    10For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

    11Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged 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 afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

  • Heb 11:16-20
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    16But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: 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, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

    19concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

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

  • Heb 11:26-28
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    26esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

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

    28Through faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

  • Heb 11:39
    74%

    39And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

  • Gen 37:1
    74%

    1And Jacob lived in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

  • Heb 11:1-3
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    72%

    1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

    2For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

    3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

  • Acts 7:3-6
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    3And said to him, Get out of your country, and from your kindred, and come into the land which I will show you.

    4Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans, and lived in Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he moved him into this land, where you now dwell.

    5And He gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on; yet he promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child.

    6And God spoke in this way, that his descendants would dwell in a strange land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and treat them poorly for four hundred years.

  • Ps 105:9
    72%

    9The covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Heb 6:12-13
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    71%

    12That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

  • Gen 13:18
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    18Then Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.

  • Gen 13:3
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    3And he traveled on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Heb 6:15
    70%

    15And so, after he had 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 pilgrimage, where they were strangers.

  • Gen 26:3
    70%

    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which 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, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

    18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.

    19And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.

    20He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

  • Gen 21:34
    70%

    34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

  • Heb 7:6
    70%

    6But he whose genealogy is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.

  • Heb 13:14
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    14For here we do not have a continuing city, but we seek the one to come.

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

  • Gen 13:5
    69%

    5And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

  • Heb 11:22
    69%

    22By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

  • Gen 12:1
    69%

    1Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get yourself out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you: