7. Because Noah had faith, he was warned about something that had not yet happened. He obeyed and built a boat that saved him and his family. In this way the people of the world were judged, and Noah was given the blessings that come to everyone who pleases God.
8. Abraham had faith and obeyed God. He was told to go to the land that God had said would be his, and he left for a country he had never seen.
9. Because Abraham had faith, he lived as a stranger in the promised land. He lived there in a tent, and so did Isaac and Jacob, who were later given the same promise.
10. Abraham did this, because he was waiting for the eternal city that God had planned and built.
11. Even when Sarah was too old to have children, she had faith that God would do what he had promised, and she had a son.
12. Her husband Abraham was almost dead, but he became the ancestor of many people. In fact, there are as many of them as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the beach.