Hebrews 11:15

New English Translation

In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Cross References

Genesis 11:31

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.

Genesis 12:10

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

Genesis 24:4

You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 31:18

He took away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac.

Hebrews 11:14

For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.