Hebrews 11:8-9
What is written? (ESV)
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
What does it say?
By faith, Abraham obeyed the command to leave his home for a place he would receive as an inheritance. He went not knowing where he was going. It was by faith that he went to live in the land of promise – a foreign land where he lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob, his son and grandson, heirs with him of the same promise.
What is its immediate context?
The Hebrews writer accounting many of the “heroes of faith.” After Abraham, the writer also mentions his wife Sarah who “received power to conceive” (vs 11).
How Hebrews 11:8-9 is applied across Bible answers
Top 5: Images of the church?
Abraham's faith drove him to sojourn in "the land of promise" and looked toward a "better country" and "a city" that God had prepared for them (vs 16).
