Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹³ In accordance with faith, these^[a] all died not having received the promises, but having seen them from a distance, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they are strangers and pilgrims^[b] on the earth. ¹⁴ For the ones saying such things are making-clear that they are seeking-for a homeland. ¹⁵ And if they had been remembering that homeland from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return— ¹⁶ but as-it-is, they are aspiring-to a better homeland; that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed-of them, to be called their God. For He prepared a city for them. ¹⁷ By faith Abraham has offered Isaac while being tested. And the one having received the promises was offering his only-born^[c], ¹⁸ with-regard-to whom^[d] it was said [in Gen 21:12] that “In Isaac a seed will be called for you”, ¹⁹ having considered^[e] that God was able to raise him even from the dead, from-which^[f] he also received him back in a symbol^[g]. ²⁰ By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau even concerning coming things. ²¹ By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and “worshiped [leaning] on the top of his staff ” [Gen 47:31]. ²² By faith Joseph, while coming-to-an-end^[h], mentioned concerning the departure^[i] of the sons of Israel and gave-commands concerning his bones.