11. By faith also, with Sarah, he received the ability to procreate even past the normal age, because he regarded the one who had promised to be faithful.
12. And therefore these were fathered from one man, and he being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea.
13. These all died in faith without receiving the promises, but seeing them from a distance and welcoming them, and admitting that they were strangers and temporary residents on the earth.
14. For those who say such things make clear that they are seeking a homeland.
15. And if they remember that land from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.
16. But now they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
17. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac, and the one who received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
18. with reference to whom it was said, “In Isaac your descendants will be named,”
19. having reasoned that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which he received him back also as a symbol.
20. By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things that were going to happen.
21. By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
22. By faith Joseph, as he was dying, mentioned about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his bones.
23. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw the child was handsome, and they were not afraid of the edict of the king.
24. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,