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And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same promise. <a href="/esv/hebrews/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. <a href="/blb/hebrews/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> By faith he sojourned in the land of the promise, as in a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise. <a href="/kjv/hebrews/11.htm">King James Bible</a> By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/11.htm">New King James Version</a> By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> By faith he lived as a stranger in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; <a href="/nasb/hebrews/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; <a href="/lsb/hebrews/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise, <a href="/amp/hebrews/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land, as in a strange land, living in tents [as nomads] with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise. <a href="/csb/hebrews/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise. <a href="/asv/hebrews/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: <a href="/cev/hebrews/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Because Abraham had faith, he lived as a stranger in the promised land. He lived there in a tent, and so did Isaac and Jacob, who were later given the same promise. <a href="/erv/hebrews/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: <a href="/gwt/hebrews/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Faith led Abraham to live as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise from God. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> By faith he lived as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise from God. <a href="/isv/hebrews/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who also inherited the same promise, <a href="/net/hebrews/11.htm">NET Bible</a> By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> By faith, he sojourned in a land of promise, as a foreigner, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: <a href="/wey/hebrews/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Through faith he came and made his home for a time in a land which had been promised to him, as if in a foreign country, living in tents together with Isaac and Jacob, sharers with him in the same promise;<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/hebrews/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. <a href="/web/hebrews/11.htm">World English Bible</a> By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> By faith he sojourned in the land of the promise as a strange country, having dwelt in dwelling places with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise, <a href="/blb/hebrews/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> By faith he sojourned in the land of the promise, as in a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise, <a href="/slt/hebrews/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> By faith he dwelt in the land of promise, as a strange land, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> By faith he abode in the land, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> By faith, he stayed in the Land of the Promise as if in a foreign land, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/11.htm">New American Bible</a> By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise; <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> By faith he became a sojourner in the land which was promised him as in a strange country, and he dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> By faith he became an inhabitant in that land which was promised to him, as in a foreign land, and he dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, his heirs of The Promise.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: <a href="/godbey/hebrews/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a strange country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise: <a href="/haweis/hebrews/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise. <a href="/mace/hebrews/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a> 'twas by faith that he sojourned in a land that was promised, as in a strange country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were equally entitled to the same promise. <a href="/wey/hebrews/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Through faith he came and made his home for a time in a land which had been promised to him, as if in a foreign country, living in tents together with Isaac and Jacob, sharers with him in the same promise; <a href="/worrell/hebrews/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; <a href="/worsley/hebrews/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> By faith he sojourned in the land promised him, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob the heirs with him of the same promise. <a href="/parallel/hebrews/11-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=2161" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/11.htm">The Faith of Abraham and Sarah</a> 8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. 9<a href="/greek/4102.htm" title="4102: Pistei (N-DFS) -- Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. ">By faith</a> <a href="/greek/3939.htm" title="3939: parōkēsen (V-AIA-3S) -- To sojourn, dwell in as a stranger. From para and oikeo; to dwell near, i.e. Reside as a foreigner.">he dwelt</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1860.htm" title="1860: epangelias (N-GFS) -- A promise. From epaggello; an announcement.">promised</a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: gēn (N-AFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">land</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as a stranger</a> <a href="/greek/245.htm" title="245: allotrian (Adj-AFS) -- From allos; another's, i.e. Not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile.">in a foreign country.</a> <a href="/greek/2730.htm" title="2730: katoikēsas (V-APA-NMS) -- To dwell in, settle in, be established in (permanently), inhabit. From kata and oikeo; to house permanently, i.e. Reside.">He lived</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/4633.htm" title="4633: skēnais (N-DFP) -- A tent, booth, tabernacle, abode, dwelling, mansion, habitation. Apparently akin to skeuos and skia; a tent or cloth hut.">tents,</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">as did</a> <a href="/greek/2464.htm" title="2464: Isaak (N-GMS) -- (Hebrew), Isaac, the patriarch. Of Hebrew origin; Isaac, the son of Abraham.">Isaac</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2384.htm" title="2384: Iakōb (N-GMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites.">Jacob,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who were</a> <a href="/greek/4789.htm" title="4789: synklēronomōn (Adj-GMP) -- A joint heir, participant. From sun and kleronomos; a co-heir, i.e. participant in common.">heirs with him</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēs (PPro-GF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">same</a> <a href="/greek/1860.htm" title="1860: epangelias (N-GFS) -- A promise. From epaggello; an announcement.">promise.</a> 10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-9</a> Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” ... <a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a> And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.” <a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Genesis 23:4</a> “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.” <a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3</a> Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/genesis/35-12.htm">Genesis 35:12</a> The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.” <a href="/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4</a> I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners. <a href="/acts/7-5.htm">Acts 7:5</a> He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child. <a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13</a> For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. <a href="/galatians/3-18.htm">Galatians 3:18</a> For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise. <a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a> And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise. <a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">Genesis 13:14-17</a> After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west, / for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever. / I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. ... <a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Genesis 15:7</a> The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” <a href="/genesis/28-4.htm">Genesis 28:4</a> And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.” <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13</a> And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. <a href="/genesis/36-7.htm">Genesis 36:7</a> For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:he sojourned.<a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a> And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.<a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Genesis 23:4</a> I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.<a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;dwelling.<a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a> And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.<a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">Genesis 13:3,18</a> And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; … <a href="/genesis/18-1.htm">Genesis 18:1,2,6,9</a> And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; … the heirs.<a href="/hebrews/6-17.htm">Hebrews 6:17</a> Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:<a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3,4</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; … <a href="/genesis/28-4.htm">Genesis 28:4,13,14</a> And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/10-16.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/acts/7-29.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Country</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-14.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-5.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-11.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-6.htm">Fellow-Heirs</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-11.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-17.htm">Heirs</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Home</a> <a href="/galatians/4-28.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Part</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-36.htm">Promise</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-36.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Sharers</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Sojourned</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/acts/7-29.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/john/7-2.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/john/7-2.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-37.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-25.htm">Together</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Wanderer</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/11-17.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-14.htm">Country</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/revelation/11-10.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-3.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-6.htm">Fellow-Heirs</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-34.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/james/2-5.htm">Heirs</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">Home</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-17.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-20.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-26.htm">Part</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm">Promise</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-10.htm">Sharers</a> <a href="/genesis/20-1.htm">Sojourned</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-9.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-34.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-40.htm">Together</a> <a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Wanderer</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 11</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/11-1.htm">What faith is.</a> 6. <a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Without faith we cannot please God.</a> 7. <a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">The examples of faithfulness in the fathers of old time.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His journey to the promised land was initiated by God's call (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>), and it required him to leave his homeland and family. The promised land, Canaan, was significant as it was the land God promised to Abraham and his descendants. Abraham's faith is demonstrated by his willingness to reside in a land that was not yet his possession, trusting in God's promise for the future. This act of faith is a model for believers, emphasizing trust in God's promises even when they are not immediately fulfilled.as a stranger in a foreign country Abraham's status as a stranger underscores his lack of permanent ownership in the land of Canaan during his lifetime. This reflects the broader biblical theme of believers being sojourners on earth (<a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a>). The cultural context of the ancient Near East often involved strong ties to one's homeland and family, making Abraham's journey and status as a foreigner particularly significant. It also points to the transient nature of life on earth and the anticipation of a heavenly homeland (<a href="/hebrews/11-16.htm">Hebrews 11:16</a>).He lived in tents Living in tents signifies a nomadic lifestyle, which was common for patriarchs like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Tents symbolize temporariness and mobility, contrasting with the permanence of settled life in cities. This lifestyle reflects Abraham's faith and obedience to God, as he did not build permanent structures in a land that was not yet his. It also serves as a metaphor for the believer's journey through life, emphasizing reliance on God rather than earthly security.as did Isaac and Jacob Isaac and Jacob, Abraham's son and grandson, continued the legacy of faith and the nomadic lifestyle. They are included in this passage to show the continuity of God's promise through generations. Both Isaac and Jacob received reaffirmations of the covenant God made with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3-4</a>; <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13-15</a>). Their inclusion highlights the importance of generational faithfulness and the transmission of God's promises through family lines.who were heirs with him of the same promise This phrase emphasizes the covenantal promise God made to Abraham, which was passed down to Isaac and Jacob. The promise included land, descendants, and blessing to all nations (<a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a>; <a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>). The concept of being "heirs" indicates that the promise was not just for Abraham but for his descendants, pointing to the unfolding of God's redemptive plan through history. This promise ultimately finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, through whom all nations are blessed (<a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a> The patriarch of the Israelites, called by God to leave his homeland and journey to a land that God promised to him and his descendants. 2. <a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a> Abraham's son, who continued to live in the promised land, inheriting the promise given to Abraham. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a> Isaac's son, who also lived in tents in the promised land and was part of the lineage through which God's promises were fulfilled. 4. <a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants. It symbolizes God's faithfulness and the fulfillment of His promises. 5. <a href="/topical/t/tents.htm">Tents</a> Represent the temporary and transient nature of the patriarchs' lives in the promised land, signifying their faith and trust in God's promises rather than earthly permanence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a> Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived by faith, trusting in God's promises even when they did not see their complete fulfillment. We are called to live by faith, trusting in God's promises for our lives. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_strangers.htm">Living as Strangers</a> Just as the patriarchs lived as strangers in the promised land, Christians are called to live as strangers and pilgrims on earth, with our ultimate citizenship in heaven. <a href="/topical/t/temporary_vs._eternal.htm">Temporary vs. Eternal</a> The patriarchs' dwelling in tents reminds us of the temporary nature of our earthly lives and the eternal promises of God. We should focus on eternal values rather than temporary comforts. <a href="/topical/g/generational_faithfulness.htm">Generational Faithfulness</a> The faith of Abraham was passed down to Isaac and Jacob, highlighting the importance of passing down faith and God's promises to future generations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 11</a> <a href="/q/who_believed_in_the_old_testament.htm">Who were the believers in the Old Testament?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_biblical_meaning_of_faith.htm">What is the biblical definition and example of faith?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_marrying_addicts.htm">What is the significance of the Hall of Faith?</a> <a href="/q/is_our_true_citizenship_heavenly.htm">Is our true citizenship in heaven or on earth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) The land of promise--More correctly, according to the true reading, a land of the promise: into a land which the promise (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm" title="And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.">Genesis 12:7</a>) made his own he came as a sojourner, and sojourned in it as in a land belonging to others, making his settled abode there in tents. The words of which this is a paraphrase are very expressive, especially those of the last clause. Abraham there "made his home once for all, well aware that it was to be his home--expecting no change in this respect all his life long--in tents," movable, shifting abodes--here to-day, there to-morrow--with (as did also in their turn) "Isaac and Jacob," the "heirs with him of the same promise." (Dr. Vaughan.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 9, 10. - By faith he sojourned in (rather, went to sojourn in) the land of promise, as in a strange country (literally, as one belonging to others; i.e. not his own; "As in an alien land" (Wickliffe); cf. <a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Genesis 23:4</a>, "I am a stranger and sojourner with you"), dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which hath foundations (literally, the foundations) whose Builder and Maker is God. Of course, here, "with Isaac and Jacob" means "as did also Isaac and Jacob." The three successive patriarchs are presented in Scripture as representing the period of nomadic life in the land of promise, not yet possessed; alike supported by faith in the Divine word; and hence they are ever grouped together (cf. <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13</a>; <a href="/genesis/32-9.htm">Genesis 32:9</a>; <a href="/genesis/48-15.htm">Genesis 48:15; 1:24</a>; <a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Exodus 3:6</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/9-5.htm">Deuteronomy 9:5</a>; <a href="/1_kings/18-36.htm">1 Kings 18:36</a>, etc.; also <a href="/matthew/22-32.htm">Matthew 22:32</a>; <a href="/luke/13-28.htm">Luke 13:28</a>). The meaning of their history to us, and the object of their common hope, are further set forth in vers. 13-17, and will be under them considered. In the mean time an instance of Abraham's faith, peculiar to himself, is adduced. <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/11-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>By faith Πίστει (Pistei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4102.htm">Strong's 4102: </a> Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. he dwelt παρῴκησεν (parōkēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3939.htm">Strong's 3939: </a> To sojourn, dwell in as a stranger. From para and oikeo; to dwell near, i.e. Reside as a foreigner. in εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. promised ἐπαγγελίας (epangelias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1860.htm">Strong's 1860: </a> A promise. From epaggello; an announcement. land γῆν (gēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. as {a stranger} ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. in a foreign [country]. ἀλλοτρίαν (allotrian) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_245.htm">Strong's 245: </a> From allos; another's, i.e. Not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile. He lived κατοικήσας (katoikēsas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2730.htm">Strong's 2730: </a> To dwell in, settle in, be established in (permanently), inhabit. From kata and oikeo; to house permanently, i.e. Reside. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. tents, σκηναῖς (skēnais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4633.htm">Strong's 4633: </a> A tent, booth, tabernacle, abode, dwelling, mansion, habitation. Apparently akin to skeuos and skia; a tent or cloth hut. as did μετὰ (meta) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. Isaac Ἰσαὰκ (Isaak) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2464.htm">Strong's 2464: </a> (Hebrew), Isaac, the patriarch. Of Hebrew origin; Isaac, the son of Abraham. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. Jacob, Ἰακὼβ (Iakōb) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2384.htm">Strong's 2384: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites. who [were] τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. heirs with him συνκληρονόμων (synklēronomōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4789.htm">Strong's 4789: </a> A joint heir, participant. From sun and kleronomos; a co-heir, i.e. participant in common. of the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. same αὐτῆς (autēs) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. promise. ἐπαγγελίας (epangelias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1860.htm">Strong's 1860: </a> A promise. 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