Hebrews 11:8

Easy To Read Version

God called Abraham to travel to another place that God promised to give Abraham. Abraham did not know where that other place was. But Abraham obeyed God and started traveling, because Abraham had faith.

Cross References

Genesis 11:31

Terah took his family and left Ur of Babylonia. [70] They planned to travel to Canaan. Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai (Abram’s wife). They traveled to the city of Haran and decided to stay there.

Genesis 12:5

Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the slaves and all the other things he got in Haran. Then Abram and his group moved to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared [72] to Abram. The Lord said, “I will give this land to your descendants.”

Genesis 15:5

Then God led Abram outside. God said, “Look at the sky. See the many stars. There are so many you can’t count them. In the future, your family will be like that.”

Genesis 17:8

And I will give this land to you and to all your descendants. I will give you the land you are traveling through—the land of Canaan. I will give you this land forever. And I will be your God.”

Genesis 20:13

God led me away from my father’s house. God led me to wander to many different places. When that happened, I told Sarah, ‘Do something for me; wherever we go, tell people you are my sister.’”

Genesis 22:18

Every nation on the earth will be blessed through your descendants. [127] I will do this because you obeyed me.”

Genesis 26:3

Stay in that land, and I will be with you. I will bless you. I will give you and your family all these lands. I will do what I promised to Abraham your father.

Isaiah 41:2

\{Tell me the answers to these questions:\}\par Who woke the man \{that is coming\}\par from the east?\par Goodness walks with him.\par He uses his sword \{and defeats nations\}—\par they become like dust.\par He uses his bow and conquers kings—\par they run away like straw blown\par by the wind.\par

Isaiah 51:2

Abraham is your father, and you should look at him. You should look at Sarah—the woman that gave birth to you. Abraham was alone when I called him. Then I blessed him, and he began a great family. Many, many people came from him.”

Ezekiel 36:24

\{God said,\} “I will take you out of those nations, gather you together, and bring you back to your own land.

Numbers 10:30

But Hobab answered, “No, I will not go with you. I will go back to my homeland and to my own people.”

Matthew 2:21

So Joseph took the baby and the baby’s mother and went to Israel.

Romans 1:5

Through Christ, God gave me the special work of an apostle. {\cf2\super [7]} God gave me this work to lead people of all nations to believe and obey God. And I do this work for Christ.

Romans 10:16

But not all \{the Jews\} accepted that good news. Isaiah said, “Lord, who believed the things we told them?” {\cf2\super [109]}

Romans 6:17

In the past you were slaves to sin—sin controlled you. But thank God, you fully obeyed the things that were taught to you.

2 Corinthians 10:5

And we destroy every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. And we capture (catch) every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.

Deuteronomy 9:5

You are going in to take their land, but not because you are good and live right. You are going in, and the Lord your God is forcing those people out because of the evil way they lived. And the Lord wants to keep the promise he made to your ancestors [57] —Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Hebrews 11:33

All those people had great faith. And with that faith they defeated kingdoms. They did the things that are right, and they got the things that God promised. With their faith some people closed the mouths of lions.

Hebrews 5:9

Then Jesus was perfect. And Jesus is the reason that all those people who obey him can have salvation forever.

Joshua 24:3

But I, the Lord, took your father Abraham out of the land on the other side of the River. I led him through the land of Canaan and gave him many, many children. I gave Abraham his son named Isaac.

1 Peter 1:22

Now you have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. Now you can have true love for your brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply—with all your heart.

1 Peter 3:1

In the same way you wives should be willing to serve your husbands. Then, if some of your husbands have not obeyed \{God’s\} teaching, they will be persuaded to believe. You will not need to say anything. They will be persuaded by the way their wives live.

1 Peter 4:17

It is time for judging to begin. That judging will begin with God’s family. If that judgment begins with us, then what will happen to those people who don’t accept the Good News {\cf2\super [29]} of God?