Hebrews 11:8–19

⁸By faith ^aAbraham, when he was called, obeyed ¹by going out to a place which he was to ^breceive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

⁹By faith he sojourned in ^athe land of promise, as in a foreign land, ^bdwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, ^cfellow heirs of the same promise,

¹⁰for he was looking for ^athe city which has ^bfoundations, ^cwhose architect and builder is God.

¹¹By faith even ^aSarah herself ¹received ²ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she regarded Him ^bfaithful who had promised.

¹²Therefore there were born even of one man, and ^ahim as good as dead ¹at that, as many ^bas the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

^13aAll these died in faith, ^bwithout receiving the promises, but ^chaving seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and ^dhaving confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

¹⁴For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

¹⁵And indeed if they had been remembering that country from which they went out, ^athey would have had opportunity to return.

¹⁶But now, they aspire to a better country, that is, a ^aheavenly one. Therefore ^bGod is not ¹ashamed to be ^ccalled their God, for ^dHe prepared a city for them.

¹⁷By faith ^aAbraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had ^breceived the promises was offering up his only son,

¹⁸to whom it was said, “^aIn Isaac your seed shall be called.”

¹⁹¹He considered that ^aGod is able to raise people even from the dead, from which, ^2bfiguratively speaking, he also received him back.