From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the Lord there, and he called on the name of the Lord.
Hebrews 11:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Prompted] by faith he dwelt as a temporary resident in the land which was designated in the promise [of God, though he was like a stranger] in a strange country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs with him of the same promise. [Gen. 12:1-8.] American Standard Version (1901) By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: Common English Bible By faith he lived in the land he had been promised as a stranger. He lived in tents along with Isaac and Jacob, who were coheirs of the same promise. Catholic Public Domain Version By faith, he stayed in the Land of the Promise as if in a foreign land, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By faith he abode in the land, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise. |
From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the Lord there, and he called on the name of the Lord.
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the Lord.
He went by stages from the Negev to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been,
And to you and your future offspring , I will give the land where you are residing #– #all the land of Canaan #– #as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.’
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, ‘Quick! Knead three measures of fine flour and make bread.’
‘Where is your wife Sarah? ’ they asked him. ‘There, in the tent,’ he answered.
And Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines for many days.
‘I am a foreigner residing among you. Give me burial property among you so that I can bury my dead.’ ,
When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.’
When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his relatives also pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead.
Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron ), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
For their possessions were too many for them to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.
Jacob said to Pharaoh, ‘My pilgrimage has lasted for 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not reached the years of my ancestors during their pilgrimages.’
You must not build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Rather, you must live in tents your whole life, so that you may live a long time on the soil where you stay as a resident foreigner.”
Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,