Hebrews 11:9

God's Word

Faith led Abraham to live as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise from God.

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

He moved on to the hills east of Bethel, and he put up his tent—with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He also built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped the Lord.

Genesis 13:18

So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oak trees belonging to Mamre at Hebron. There he built an altar for the Lord.

Genesis 13:3

He traveled from place to place. He went from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the area between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been originally,

Genesis 17:8

I am also giving this land where you are living—all of Canaan—to you and your descendants as your permanent possession. And I will be your God.”

Genesis 18:6

So Abraham hurried into the tent to find Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three measures of flour, knead it, and make bread.”

Genesis 18:9

They asked him, “Where is your wife Sarah?” He answered, “Over there, in the tent.”

Genesis 21:34

Abraham lived a long time in the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 23:4

“I’m a stranger with no permanent home. Let me have some of your property for a tomb so that I can bury my dead wife.”

Genesis 25:27

They grew up. Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman. Jacob remained a quiet man, staying around the tents.

Genesis 28:4

May he give to you and your descendants the blessing of Abraham so that you may take possession of the land where you are now living, the land that God gave to Abraham.”

Genesis 31:25

When Laban finally caught up with Jacob, Jacob had put up his tents in the mountains. So Laban and his relatives put up their tents in the mountains of Gilead.

Genesis 35:27

Jacob came home to his father Isaac to Mamre’s city, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron). Abraham and Isaac had lived there for a while.

Genesis 36:7

He did this because they had too many possessions to live together. There wasn’t enough pastureland for all of their livestock.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The length of my stay on earth has been 130 years. The years of my life have been few and difficult, fewer than my ancestors’ years.”

Psalm 105:12

While the people of Israel were few in number, a small group of foreigners living in that land,

Jeremiah 35:7

Never build any houses or plant any fields or vineyards. You must never have any of these things. You must always live in tents so that you may live for a long time in the land where you are staying.’

Hebrews 6:17

God wouldn’t change his plan. He wanted to make this perfectly clear to those who would receive his promise, so he took an oath.