Hebrews 11

CHAPTER 11

Examples of Belief

1[³is ¹And ²belief ⁵of hoping ⁴the reality] of things, the proof not being seen. 2[²in ³this ¹For ⁶were borne witness to ⁴the ⁵elders]. 3By belief we comprehend [³to be fashioned ¹the ²eons] by the word of God, so that not of things appearing [²the things  ³seen ¹take place]. 4By belief [³a greater ⁴sacrifice ¹Abel ⁵than ⁶Cain ²offered]   to God, by which he bore witness to be just, [²testifying ³over   ⁴his gifts   ¹by God]; and through it having died still speaks. 5By belief Enoch was transposed   to not know death, and was not found, because [²transposed ³him   ¹God]; for before   his transposition he bore witness to have been well-pleasing to  God. 6But apart from belief it is impossible to well-please; [⁶to believe ¹for ²it is necessary ³for the one ⁴coming forward   ⁵to God] that he is; and to the ones seeking after him [²a paymaster ¹he becomes]. 7By belief Noah having received a divine message concerning the things  not as yet being seen, showing reverence, carefully prepared the ark for deliverance   of his house; by which he condemned the world; and of the thing  according to belief [³of righteousness ¹he became ²heir]. 8By belief Abraham being called, obeyed to go forth unto the place which he was about to receive for an inheritance; and he went forth not having knowledge of where he went. 9By belief he sojourned in the land of the promise, as an alien, in tents dwelling with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise; 10for he looked out for the   [³foundations ²having ¹city], of which the craftsman and engineer   is God. 11By belief also Sarah herself [²power ³for ⁴founding ⁵seed ¹received], and past the time of vigor gave birth, since believing she esteemed the one promising. 12Therefore also from one they were born (and these were as deadened) as the stars of the heaven   in multitude, and as the sand   by the edge of the sea   is innumerable. 13According to belief [³died ¹these ²all], not receiving the promises, but at a distance beholding them, and being persuaded, and greeting, and acknowledging that [²strangers ³and ⁴immigrants ¹they are] upon the earth. 14For the ones [²such things  ¹saying] reveal that [²the fatherland ¹they anxiously seek]. 15And if indeed, those remembering from where they came forth, they had even time to return. 16But now a better thing  they reach for, that is to say, a heavenly. Therefore [²is not ³ashamed of ⁴them   ¹God], [³God ¹to be called ²their]; for he prepared for them a city. 17By belief Abraham offered   Isaac, being tested, and [⁵the ⁶only child ⁴offered up   ²the ³promises ¹the one receiving], 18towards whom it was said that, In Isaac [²shall be called ³to you ¹a seed]; 19considering that [⁴even ⁵from ⁶the dead ³to raise ²was able   ¹God]; from where [²him ³even ⁴in ⁵parable ¹he received]. 20By belief concerning things about to be Isaac blessed   Jacob and   Esau. 21By belief Jacob dying [²each ³of the ⁴sons ⁵of Joseph ¹blessed], and did obeisance upon the tip   of his cane. 22By belief Joseph, coming to an end, [²concerning ³the ⁴exodus ⁵of the ⁶sons ⁷of Israel ¹made mention]; and [²concerning   ³his bones ¹gave charge]. 23By belief Moses, having been born, was hid three months by   his fathers, because they saw [³as fair ¹the ²child]; and they did not fear the edict of the king. 24By belief Moses, [²great ¹having become], denied to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25[²rather ¹seeming it as being good] to suffer affliction with the people   of God, than [²temporary ¹to have ⁴in sins ³enjoyment]; 26[⁶greater ⁷riches ¹esteeming ⁸than the ¹⁰in ¹¹Egypt ⁹treasures ²the ³scorning ⁴of the ⁵anointed]; for he looked away to the payment. 27By belief he left Egypt, not fearing the rage of the king;   for [³the unseen ¹as ²seeing] he persevered. 28By belief he observed the passover and the pouring of the blood, lest the one annihilating the first-born should touch them. 29By belief they passed over the red sea, as through dry land; of which [⁴the attempt ³taking ¹the ²Egyptians] were swallowed down. 30By belief the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days. 31By belief Rahab the harlot was not destroyed together with the ones having disobeyed, receiving the spies with peace. 32And what yet say I? For it shall be deficient of me not describing the time concerning Gideon, Barak and also Samson, and Jephthah, also David and Samuel, and the prophets; 33the ones who through belief conquered kingdoms, worked righteousness, succeeded in the promises, shut up mouths of lions, 34extinguished the power of fire, fled the mouths of swords, were empowered from out of weakness, became strong in war; [²the camps ¹they leaned] of aliens; 35[²received ¹women]   a resurrection   of their dead; and others were pounded, not accepting the release by ransom, that a better resurrection they should attain. 36And others [³of mocking ⁴and ⁵of whips ²a trial ¹received], and still of bonds and prison. 37They were stoned, were sawn, were tested, [²by ³murder ⁴of the sword ¹they died]; they went around in sheepskins, in goat's skins; lacking, being afflicted, being mistreated; 38(of whom [³was not ⁴worthy ¹the ²world]) [²in ³desolate places ¹wandering], and in mountains, and in caves, and the openings of the earth. 39And these all testifying on account of the belief while not receiving the promise, 40  [³of God ⁴for ⁵us ²something better ¹having foreseen], that [²not ⁴separate from ⁵us ¹they should ³be perfected].