Hebrews 11:19-39

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¹⁹ Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,^(A) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

²⁰ By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.^(B)

²¹ By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,^(C) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

²² By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.^(D)

²³ By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,^(E) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.^(F)

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.^{(G) 25} He chose to be mistreated^(H) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. ²⁶ He regarded disgrace^(I) for the sake of Christ^(J) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.^{(K) 27} By faith he left Egypt,^(L) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer^(M) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.^(N)

²⁹ By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.^(O)

³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.^(P)

³¹ By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.^[a](Q)

³² And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,^(R) Barak,^(S) Samson^(T) and Jephthah,^(U) about David^(V) and Samuel^(W) and the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms,^(X) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,^{(Y) 34} quenched the fury of the flames,^(Z) and escaped the edge of the sword;^(AA) whose weakness was turned to strength;^(AB) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.^{(AC) 35} Women received back their dead, raised to life again.^(AD) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. ³⁶ Some faced jeers and flogging,^(AE) and even chains and imprisonment.^{(AF) 37} They were put to death by stoning;^[b](AG) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.^(AH) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,^(AI) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— ³⁸ the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves^(AJ) and in holes in the ground.

³⁹ These were all commended^(AK) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,^(AL)