Hebrews 11:13-22

English Standard Version

¹³ These all died in faith, ^(A)not having received the things promised, but ^(B)having seen them and greeted them from afar, and ^(C)having acknowledged that they were ^(D)strangers and exiles on the earth. ¹⁴ For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. ¹⁵ If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, ^(E)they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed ^(F)to be called their God, for ^(G)he has prepared for them a city.

¹⁷ By faith ^(H)Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, ¹⁸ of whom it was said, ^(I)“Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” ^19 (J)He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. ²⁰ By faith ^(K)Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. ²¹ By faith ^(L)Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, ^(M)bowing in worship over the head of his staff. ²² By faith ^(N)Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.