Hebrews 11:9-18

English Standard Version

⁹ By faith he went to live in ^(A)the land of promise, as in a foreign land, ^(B)living in tents ^(C)with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. ¹⁰ For he was looking forward to ^(D)the city that has ^(E)foundations, ^(F)whose designer and builder is God. ¹¹ By faith ^(G)Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered ^(H)him faithful who had promised. ¹² Therefore from one man, and ^(I)him as good as dead, were born descendants ^(J)as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

¹³ These all died in faith, ^(K)not having received the things promised, but ^(L)having seen them and greeted them from afar, and ^(M)having acknowledged that they were ^(N)strangers and exiles on the earth. ¹⁴ For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. ¹⁵ If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, ^(O)they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed ^(P)to be called their God, for ^(Q)he has prepared for them a city.

¹⁷ By faith ^(R)Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, ¹⁸ of whom it was said, ^(S)“Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”