12. Therefore from one man, who was as good as dead, sprang so many, a multitude as the stars of the sky and innumerable as the sand by the seashore.
13. These all died in faith not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14. Those who say such things declare plainly that they are looking for a homeland.
15. And certainly, if they had been thinking of the country out of which they came, they might have had the opportunity to return.
16. But they desired a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
17. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son.
18. Of him God said, “Through Isaac shall your seed be named.”
19. He reasoned that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he indeed received him in a figurative sense.
20. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshipped while leaning on the top of his staff.
22. By faith Joseph, when he was dying, mentioned the exodus of the children of Israel and gave instructions concerning his bones.
23. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s command.
24. By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,