Hebrews 11:13

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Hebrews 11:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

13 All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

14 Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

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Genesis 27:3

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Genesis 27:4

Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 49:18

I await Your salvation, O LORD.

Genesis 49:28

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Genesis 49:33

When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

Genesis 50:24

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Hebrews 11:27

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Numbers 24:17

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1 Peter 1:11

trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Romans 4:21

being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.

Romans 8:24

For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

1 John 3:19

And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:

Genesis 23:4

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1 Chronicles 29:14

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1 Chronicles 29:15

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Psalms 39:12

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I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.

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1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.