19. and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.
20. By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
21. By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff.
22. By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.
23. By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
24. By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
25. choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.
26. He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.