Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
By faith Abraham when he was called to goe out into a place which hee should after receiue for an inheritance, obeyed, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
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From verse 8
- Acts 7:2–4Rank 1 from verse 8
2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
2And hee said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared vnto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3And said vnto him, *Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kinred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he remoued him into this lande wherein ye now dwell.
- Genesis 12:1–4Rank 2 from verse 8
1NOW the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
1¶ Now the * LORD had said vnto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kinred, and from thy fathers house, vnto a land that I will shew thee.
2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I wil blesse thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt bee a blessing.
3And I will blesse them that blesse thee, and curse him, that curseth thee: *and in thee shal all families of the earth be blessed.
4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken vnto him, and Lot went with him: And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeeres old when he departed out of Haran.
- Matthew 7:24–25Rank 3 from verse 8
24¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
24¶ Therefore, *whosoeuer heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I wil liken him vnto a wise man, which built his house vpon a rocke:
25And the raine descended, and the floods came, and the windes blew, and beat vpon that house: and it fell not, for it was founded vpon a rocke.
- Genesis 15:7–8Rank 4 from verse 8
7And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
7And he said vnto him; I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Caldees, to give thee this land, to inherit it.
8And he said, LORD GOD, whereby shal I know that I shall inherit it?
- Genesis 22:18Rank 5 from verse 8
- Genesis 12:7Rank 6 from verse 8
7And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
7And the LORD appeared vnto Abram, and said, *Unto thy seed wil I giue this land: and there builded hee an *altar vnto the LORD, who appeared vnto him.
- James 2:14–16Rank 7 from verse 8
14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say hee hath faith, and haue not workes? can faith saue him?
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode,
16And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed & filled: notwithstanding ye giue them not those things which are needfull to the body: what doth it profit?
- Isaiah 41:2Rank 8 from verse 8
2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
2†Who raised vp the righteous man from the East, called him to his foote, gaue the nations before him, and made him rule ouer kings? Hee gaue them as the dust to his sword, and as driuen stuble to his bow.
- Psalms 105:9–11Rank 9 from verse 8
9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
9*Which couenant he made with Abraham, and his oath vnto Isaac:
10And confirmed the same vnto Iacob for a law: and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant:
11*†Saying, Unto thee will I giue the land of Canaan: the lot of your inheritance.
- Romans 10:16Rank 10 from verse 8
- 1 Peter 4:17Rank 11 from verse 8
17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
17For the time is come that iudgement must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at vs, what shall the ende bee of them that obey not the Gospel of God?
- Hebrews 11:33Rank 12 from verse 8
- 1 Peter 1:22Rank 13 from verse 8
22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
22Seeing yee haue purified your soules in obeying the truth through the Spirit, vnto vnfained loue of the brethren: see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruently,
- Deuteronomy 9:5Rank 14 from verse 8
5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
5Not for thy righteousnesse, or for the vprightnesse of thine heart, doest thou goe to possesse their land: But for the wickednesse of these nations the LORD thy God doeth driue them out from before thee, and that he may performe the word which the LORD sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Iacob.
- Ezekiel 36:24Rank 15 from verse 8
- Genesis 13:15–17Rank 16 from verse 8
15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
15For all the land which thou seest, *to thee will I give it, and to thy seede for euer.
16And I will make thy seede as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbred.
17Arise, walke through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of it: for I will giue it vnto thee.
- Genesis 15:5Rank 17 from verse 8
5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looke now towards heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And hee said vnto him, *So shall thy seed be.
- Genesis 17:8Rank 18 from verse 8
8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
8And I will giue vnto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land †wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.
- Genesis 26:3Rank 19 from verse 8
3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
3Soiourne in this land, and I wil be with thee, and will blesse thee: for vnto thee, and vnto thy seed *I will giue all these countreys, and I wil performe the othe, which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.
- Isaiah 51:2Rank 20 from verse 8
- Joshua 24:3Rank 21 from verse 8
3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
3And I tooke your father Abraham frō the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and *gaue him Isaac.
- Romans 1:5Rank 22 from verse 8
- Romans 6:17Rank 23 from verse 8
- 1 Peter 3:1Rank 24 from verse 8
1LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
1¶ Likewise, ye wiues, be in subiection to your owne husbands, that if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues:
- 2 Corinthians 10:5Rank 25 from verse 8
5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
5Casting down ‖imaginations, and euery high thing that exalteth it selfe against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captiuitie euery thought to the obedience of Christ:
- Genesis 11:31Rank 26 from verse 8
31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
31And Terah tooke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife, and they went foorth with them from *Ur of the Chaldees, to goe into the land of Canaan: and they came vnto Haran, and dwelt there.
- Hebrews 5:9Rank 27 from verse 8
- Nehemiah 9:7–8Rank 28 from verse 8
7Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
8And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
7Thou art the LORD the God, who diddest choose *Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Caldees, and gauest him the name of Abraham:
8And foundest his heart *faithfull before thee, & madest a *couenant with him, to giue the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Iebusites, and the Girgashites, to giue it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous,
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Hebrews 11:8
Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.
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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.
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To take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain what is given or presented.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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inheritance
A possession, portion, or heritage received by descent, allotment, promise, or divine gift.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of obey (to comply with a command, heed authority, or submit).
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Sense 1: Perceiving, understanding, recognizing, or being acquainted with. Sense 2: Having knowledge or skill.
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To what or which place, destination, direction, state, or end.
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11:1NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
11:1¶ Now faith is the ‖substance of things hoped for, the euidence of things not seen.
11:2For by it the elders obtained a good report.
11:2For by it the Elders obtained a good report.
11:3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
11:3Through faith we vnderstand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seene were not made of things which doe appeare.
11:4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
11:4By faith Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Kain, by which he obtained witnes that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead, ‖yet speaketh.
11:5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
11:5By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him: For before his translation he had this testimonie, that he pleased God.
11:6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
11:6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for hee that commeth to God, must beleeue that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seeke him.
11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
11:7By faith Noah being warned of God of things not seene as yet, ‖moued with feare, prepared an Arke to the sauing of his house, by the which he condemned the world, and became heire of the righteousnesse which is by faith.
11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
11:8By faith Abraham when he was called to goe out into a place which hee should after receiue for an inheritance, obeyed, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Selected passage11:9By 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:
11:9By faith hee soiourned in the land of promise, as in a strange countrey, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Iacob, the heires with him of the same promise.
11:10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11:10For hee looked for a citie which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11:11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
11:11Through faith also Sara her selfe receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a child when she was past age, because she iudged him faithful who had promised.
11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
11:12Therfore sprang there euen of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the starres of the skie in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
11:13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
11:13These all died †in faith, not hauing receiued the promises, but hauing seene them a farre off, and were perswaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
11:14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
11:14For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seeke a countrey.
11:15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
11:15And truly if they had been mindfull of that countrey, from whence they came out, they might haue had opportunitie to haue returned:
11:16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
11:16But now they desire a better countrey, that is, an heauenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to bee called their God: for he hath prepared for thē a city.
11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
11:17By faith Abraham when he was tried, offered vp Isaac: and he that had receiued the promises, offered vp his onely begotten sonne,
11:18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
11:18‖Of whom it was said, That, in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
11:19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
11:19Accounting that God was able to raise him vp, euen from the dead: from whence also he receiued him in a figure.
11:20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
11:20By faith Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau concerning things to come.
11:21By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
11:21By faith Iacob when hee was a dying, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and worshipped leaning vpon the top of his staffe.
11:22By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
11:22By faith, Ioseph when hee died, ‖made mention of the departing of the children of Israel: and gaue commandement concerning his bones.
11:23By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
11:23By faith; Moses when hee was borne was hid three moneths of his parents, because they saw he was a proper childe, and they not afraid of the Kings commandement.
11:24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;
11:24By faith Moses when hee was come to yeeres, refused to bee called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter,
11:25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
11:25Chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, then to enioy the pleasures of sinne for a season:
11:26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
11:26Esteeming the reproch ‖of Christ greater riches then the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect vnto the recompense of the reward.
11:27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
11:27By faith hee forsooke Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he indured, as seeing him who is inuisible.
11:28Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
11:28Through faith he kept the Passeouer, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the first borne, should touch them.
11:29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
11:29By faith they passed through the red sea, as by drie land: which the Egyptians assaying to do, were drowned.
11:30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
11:30By faith the walles of Iericho fell downe, after they were compassed about seuen dayes.
11:31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
11:31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them ‖that beleeued not, when shee had receiued the spies with peace.