Old/New Testament

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

²¹ By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and bowed himself toward the top of his sceptre.

²² By faith Joseph, when he died, anticipated the exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt, and gave directions concerning his bones.

²³ By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his father and mother, because they saw he was a fine child; neither did they fear the king’s commandment.

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he was great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ²⁵ and chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, ²⁶ and esteemed the rebuke of Christ to be greater riches than the treasure of Egypt. For he looked to the reward. ²⁷ By faith he left Egypt, and did not fear the fierceness of the king. For he persevered even as one who had seen him who is invisible.

²⁸ Through faith he instituted the Passover lamb and the effusion of blood, lest he who destroyed the first-born should touch them.

²⁹ By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, which, when the Egyptians attempted it, they were drowned.

³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about for seven days.

³¹ By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with the unbelievers when she took in the spies peaceably.

³² And what more shall I say? The time would be too short for me to tell of Gideon, Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah, also of David and Samuel, and of the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms, wrought righteousness, received promises fulfilled, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the force of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the other nations. ³⁵ And the women received their dead raised to life again.

Others were racked, and would not be delivered, so that they might receive a better resurrection. ³⁶ Others tasted of mockings and scourgings; moreover of bonds and imprisonment; ³⁷ were stoned, were hewn asunder, were sorely tried, were slain with swords, walked up and down in sheepskins, in goatskins, in need, tribulation, and vexation – ³⁸ of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

³⁹ And these all through faith obtained good report, and yet did not obtain the promise, ⁴⁰ God providing a better thing for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.