Hebrews 11
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
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For by this, the elders obtained testimony.
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By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
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By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
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By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldnt see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
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Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
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By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
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By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
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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.
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For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
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Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
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If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
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But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
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By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;
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even he to whom it was said, In Isaac will your seed be called;
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concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
“Rabbi Yehudah says: As the knife touched Yitzchak’s throat, his soul left hijm, but when G-d’s Voice emerged from between the two keruvim, saying Do not harm the boy, do not do anything to him (Bereshis 22:12), his soul came back into his body. He was untied, and stood up, experiencing the revival of the dead. Immediately he realized that the dead will be revived in the time to come and he recited [the berachah]: “Blessed are You HaShem, who revives the dead.”
Pirkei D’Rebbi Eliezer, Chapter 31, translated by Avraham Yaakov Finkel, Yeshivath Beth Moshe, pg 22
