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Hebrews 11:9

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By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

By faith {G4102} he sojourned {G3939} in {G1519} the land {G1093} of promise {G1860}, as {G5613} in a strange country {G245}, dwelling {G2730} in {G1722} tabernacles {G4633} with {G3326} Isaac {G2464} and {G2532} Jacob {G2384}, the heirs with him {G4789} of the same {G846} promise {G1860}:

By trusting, he lived as a temporary resident in the Land of the promise, as if it were not his, staying in tents with Yitz’chak and Ya‘akov, who were to receive what was promised along with him.

By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

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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Cross-References

  • Genesis 12:8 (8 votes)

    And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

  • Genesis 13:18 (7 votes)

    Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

  • Genesis 18:9 (5 votes)

    ¶ And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

  • Hebrews 6:17 (5 votes)

    Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:

  • Genesis 13:3 (5 votes)

    And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

  • Acts 7:5 (4 votes)

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

  • Acts 7:6 (4 votes)

    And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.