Hebrews 11
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Living by Faith
1Now faith is the reality # 11:1 Or assurance of what is hoped for, the proof # 11:1 Or conviction of what is not seen. # 11:1 Rm 8:24; 2Co 4:18 2For by this our ancestors were approved.
3By faith we understand that the universe was # 11:3 Or the worlds were,or the ages were created by the word of God, # 11:3 Gn 1:1; Jn 1:3; 2Pt 3:5 so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible. # 11:3 Or so that what is seen was made out of what was not visible
4By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith. # 11:4 Gn 4:4; 1Jn 3:12
5By faith Enoch was taken away, and so he did not experience death. He was not to be found because God took him away. # 11:5 Gn 5:21–24 For before he was taken away, he was approved as one who pleased God. # 11:5 Gn 5:21–24; 2Kg 2:11 6Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
7By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. # 11:7 Gn 6:13–22; 1Pt 3:20
8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going. # 11:8 Gn 12:1–4,7; Ac 7:2–4 9By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise. # 11:9 Gn 12:8; 18:1; Ac 7:5; Heb 6:17 10For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. # 11:10 Heb 12:22; 13:14; Rv 21:2,10,14
11By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she # 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was past age — and Sarah herself was barren — received the ability to procreate since he considered that the one who had promised was faithful. # 11:11 Gn 17:19; 18:11–14; 21:2 12Therefore, from one man — in fact, from one as good as dead — came offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the seashore. # 11:12 Gn 22:17; Rm 4:19
13These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance, # 11:13 Mt 13:17; Jn 8:56; Heb 11:39 greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth. # 11:13 Gn 23:4; 1Ch 29:15; Ps 39:12; 1Pt 1:17 14Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return. 16But they now desire a better place — a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. # 11:16 Ex 3:6,15; Mk 8:38; 2Tm 4:18; Heb 13:14
17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. # 11:17 Gn 22:1–10; Jms 2:21 He received the promises and yet he was offering his one and only son, 18the one to whom it had been said, Your offspring # 11:18 Lit seedwill be traced through Isaac. # 11:18 Gn 21:12,# 11:18 Gn 21:12; Rm 9:7 19He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead; # 11:19 Rm 4:17 therefore, he received him back, figuratively speaking. # 11:19 Or back, as a foreshadowing, or as a type
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau # 11:20 Gn 25:25; 27:26–40 concerning things to come. 21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and he worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. # 11:21 Gn 47:31,# 11:21 Gn 47:31; 48:1,5,16,20 22By faith Joseph, as he was nearing the end of his life, mentioned # 11:22 Or remembered the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones. # 11:22 Gn 50:24–25; Ex 13:19
23By faith Moses, after he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they didn’t fear the king’s edict. # 11:23 Ex 1:16,22; 2:2 24By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter 25and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin. # 11:24–25 Ex 2:10–11; Ps 84:10 26For he considered reproach for the sake of Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since he was looking ahead to the reward. # 11:26 Heb 10:35; 13:13
27By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for Moses persevered as one who sees him who is invisible. # 11:27 Rm 1:20; Col 1:15–16; 1Tm 1:17 28By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites. 29By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned. # 11:29 Ex 14:22–30
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after being marched around by the Israelites for seven days. 31By faith Rahab the prostitute welcomed the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed. # 11:31 Jos 2:1; 6:23
32And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, # 11:32 Jdg 4:6; 11:1; 13:24 David, Samuel, and the prophets, # 11:32 1Sm 1:20; 16:1,13 33who by faith conquered kingdoms, # 11:33 2Sm 7:11; 8:1–3 administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, # 11:33 Jdg 14:5–6; 1Sm 17:34–37; Dn 6:22 34quenched the raging of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight. # 11:34 Jdg 15:8; 2Kg 20:7; Dn 3:25 35Women received their dead, raised to life again. Other people were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection. 36Others experienced mockings and scourgings, as well as bonds and imprisonment. # 11:36 Gn 39:20; Jr 20:2 37They were stoned, # 11:37 Other mss add they were tempted,,# 11:37 1Kg 21:13; 2Ch 24:20–21 they were sawed in two, they died by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, # 11:37 1Kg 19:10; 2Kg 1:8 destitute, afflicted, and mistreated. 38The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.
39All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised, 40since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us. # 11:40 Heb 11:16; Rv 6:11
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Hebrews 11
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1Now Emunah is the substance of things for which we have tikvah. Emunah is the conviction of things not seen. 2For by Emunah have our Zekenim been given approval. 3By Emunah we have binah Shomayim v'ha'Aretz found their “barah” from the Dvar Hashem, so that not from anything visible has what we see come into being.#11:3 Ps 33:6
4By Emunah Hevel (Abel) offered to Hashem a korban that was a mincha tovah than that of Kayin. Through this he was given approval that he was a tzaddik, Hashem bearing solemn eidus (testimony) to his matanot; and by his Emunah, Hevel, though niftar (deceased), still speaks. 5By Emunah Chanokh was taken up, was translated, not to see mavet, V'EINENNU KI LAKACH OTO ELOHIM#11:5 Gn 5:24 (and he was not, because G-d took him [up]). Before Chanokh was raptured in his aliyah l'Shomayim, he received solemn eidus (testimony) that he had been pleasing to Hashem. 6And without Emunah it is impossible to please Hashem. For it is necessary for the one making a kiruv approach to Hashem to have Emunah in the fact that yesh Elohim (G-d is there), and that Elohim gives sachar (reward) to those who seek him with zerizut. 7By Emunah Noach, having been warned about the things not yet visible to the eye of flesh, and being an ish of yirat Shomayim, built the Teva (Ark) for the Geulah of the Beis HaNoach. By his Emunah he condemned the Olam Hazeh and he became the yoresh (heir) of the Tzedek Hashem that is credited to Emunah.#11:7 Gn 15:6; Hab 2:4
8By Emunah Avraham Avinu, when he was called to go out to a place which he was about to receive as a nachalah (inheritance), responded with mishma'at (obedience), and he went out, not having da'as of where he was going. 9By Emunah he made aliyah to HA'ARETZ ASHER DIBER#11:9 Dt 9:28 (the land that He promised), Ha'aretz haHavtacha (the Promised Land), as in an eretz zarah (a strange land), living in oholim (tents), as did Yitzchak and Ya'akov, the fellow yorshim (heirs) of the same havtachah (promise); 10For Avraham Avinu was looking forward to the Shtetl having a yesod Olam (eternally firm foundation), whose Planner and Builder is Hashem. 11By Emunah also Sarah, herself barren, received the ability to found a posterity, and she did so even beyond the normal age, als (since) she considered ne'eman (faithful) the One having given the Havtachah (promise); 12therefore, also, from one man were born#11:12 Dt 26:5 and indeed this man was kimat (practically, as good as) dead many, as numerous as HAKOKHAVIM in HASHOMAYIM and as innumerable as the sand ASHER AL SEFAT (“that is on the seashore”).#11:12 Gn 15:5; 22:17
13Yet all of these became niftarim (deceased) in Emunah, not having received the havtachot (promises), but having seen them and, as it were, they gave the havtachot a “Baruch Habah!” welcome from a distance, and they made the Ani Ma'amin hoda'ah (confession) that they were GERIM (strangers) and TOSHAVIM#11:13 Gerim…Toshavim see Ps 39:12 [13] (sojourners) in the Golus of the Olam Hazeh. 14For those saying such things make it clear that they are searching for an Eretz Moshav. 15And if they were remembering ha'aretz from which they made aliyah, they would have had an opportunity to make yerida (to descend back, return). 16But, as it is, they aspire for something better, an Eretz HaAvot b'Shomayim; therefore, Hashem is not ashamed to be called Ehoheihem, for he prepared for them an Ir Kodesh.
17By Emunah Avraham Avinu, when he underwent nisayon, offered up the Akedas HaYitzchak; and he who had received the Havtachot (Promises) was offering as a korban his Ben Yechid.#11:17 Yn 3:16 18This was Avraham Avinu, about whom it was said KI VEYITZCHAK YIKARE LECHA ZERA#11:18 Gn 21:12 (In Yitzchak will be called your seed). 19Avraham Avinu considered that Hashem was able to bring about the Techiyas HaMesim, from which he also received back Yitzchak as a tipus (type, pattern). 20By Emunah Yitzchak invoked brachot with respect to future events on Ya'akov and Esav. 21By Emunah Ya'akov, as he was dying, gave a bracha to each of the banim of Yosef and V'YISHTAKHU YISROEL#11:21 Gn 47:31 (And Yisroel worshiped). 22By Emunah Yosef, as he was dying, dermohn (made mention) of the Yetzi'at Bnei Yisroel (the Going Out, the Exodus of Bnei Yisroel) and he gave instructions concerning his ATZMOT#11:22 Gn 50:25 (bones).
23By Emunah, Moshe Rabbeinu, when he was born, was hidden SHELOSHA CHODESHIM (three months) because they saw he was a yeled TOV#11:23 Ex 2:2 and they had no pachad (terror) at the kingʼs decree. 24By Emunah, Moshe Rabbeinu, when he had grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaohʼs daughter; 25Choosing rather to endure redifah (persecution) with the Am Hashem than to enjoy the ephemeral ta'anugot (pleasures) of averos for a season. 26For Moshe Rabbeinu considered abuse and tzoros for the sake of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach greater osher (riches) than the otzar (treasure) of Mitzrayim (Egypt), for he had respect unto the recompense of the sachar (reward). 27By Emunah, Moshe Rabbeinu departed from Mitzrayim (Egypt), not having pachad (fear) of the ka'as (anger) of the king, for he persevered as seeing the One who is unseen. 28By Emunah, Moshe Rabbeinu kept Pesach and the sprinkling of the dahm [on the mezuzot],#11:28 Ex 12:22 for fear that the Destroyer of the Bechorim might destroy them.
29By Emunah, they went through the Yam Suf as on YABASHAH#11:29 Gn 1:10 (dry ground); and those of Mitzrayim (Egypt), when they attempted it, were drowned.#11:29 Mic 7:19 30By Emunah, the walls of Yericho fell down, after they had been encircled for shivat yamim. 31By Emunah, Rachav the Zonah did not perish along with the ones without mishma'at (obedience), after she gave the kabbalat panim to the spies b'shalom.#11:31 Josh 2:9f
32And what more shall I say? For the time will fail me if I tell of Gid'on, Barak, Shimshon, Yiftach, Dovid, Shmuel and the Nevi'im, 33Who by Emunah conquered mamlechot (kingdoms), worked tzedek (righteousness), obtained havtachot (promises), shut the mouths of arayot (lions), 34Quenched the power of eish (fire), escaped from the edge of the cherev (sword), out of weakness found strength, became mighty in milchamah (war), put to flight tzive'ot zarim (armies of the aliens). 35Nashim received back their mesim restored to Chayyim; and others were tortured to death al kiddush ha-Shem, not accepting their release, in order that they might obtain a better Techiyas HaMesim; 36And others underwent the nisayon of cruel mockings and scourgings, also the sharsherot (chains) and the beis hasohar. 37They were killed by seqilah (stoning), they were sawn in two, they were murdered by the cherev, they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being nitzrach (needy) and destitute, oppressed, under redifot (persecutions), 38those of whom the Olam Hazeh was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains and caves of the earth.
39And all these, having Hashemʼs commendation through their Emunah, did not receive the havtachah (promise), 40Hashem having foreseen something better for us, so that, apart from us, they should not be made shleimut.
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