Hebrews 11:15

Conservative English Version

If they had been talking about the land where they had once lived, they could have gone back at any time.

Cross References

Genesis 11:31

Terah decided to move from Ur to the land of Canaan. He took along Abram and Sarai and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. But when they came to the city of Haran, they decided to settle there instead.

Genesis 12:10

The crops failed, and there was no food anywhere in the land. So Abram and his wife Sarai went to live in Egypt for a while. But just before they got there, he said, "Sarai, you are really beautiful!

Genesis 24:4

Instead, go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for him from among my relatives."

Genesis 31:18

for the home of his father Isaac in Canaan. Jacob took all of the flocks, herds, and other property that he had gotten in northern Syria.

Hebrews 11:14

When people talk this way, it is clear that they are looking for a place to call their own.