Hebrews 11:9

Conservative English Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

Abram traveled to the hill country east of Bethel and camped between Bethel and Ai, where he built another altar and worshiped the LORD.

Genesis 13:18

Abram took down his tents and went to live near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar in honor of the LORD.

Genesis 13:3

Abram moved from place to place in the Southern Desert. And finally, he went north and set up his tents between Bethel and Ai,

Genesis 17:8

I will give you and them the land in which you are now a foreigner. I will give the whole land of Canaan to your family forever, and I will be their God.

Genesis 18:6

Abraham quickly went to his tent and said to Sarah, "Hurry! Get a large sack of flour and make some bread."

Genesis 18:9

and they asked, "Where is your wife Sarah?" "She is right there in the tent," Abraham answered.

Genesis 21:34

Then Abraham lived a long time as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 23:4

"I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy a piece of land."

Genesis 25:27

As Jacob and Esau grew older, Esau liked the outdoors and became a good hunter, while Jacob settled down and became a shepherd.

Genesis 28:4

May he bless you with the land he gave Abraham, so that you will take over this land where we now live as foreigners.

Genesis 31:25

Jacob had set up camp in the hill country of Gilead, when Laban and his relatives came and set up camp in another part of the hill country. Laban went to Jacob

Genesis 35:27

Jacob went to his father Isaac at Hebron, also called Mamre or Kiriath-Arba, where Isaac's father Abraham had lived as a foreigner.

Genesis 36:7

He did this because the land was too crowded and could not support him and his brother with their flocks and herds.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered, "I have lived only a hundred thirty years, and I have had to move from place to place. My parents and my grandparents also had to move from place to place. But they lived much longer, and their life was not as hard as mine."

Psalm 105:12

At the time there were only a few of us, and we were homeless.

Jeremiah 35:7

or build houses or plant crops and vineyards. Instead, you must always live in tents and move from place to place. If you obey this command, you will live a long time."

Hebrews 6:17

So when God wanted to prove for certain that his promise to his people could not be broken, he made a vow.