The Letter to the Hebrews, Chapter 11
{11:1} Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things
not seen. {11:2} For by this, the Zakenim obtained testimony. {11:3}
By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word
of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are
visible. {11:4} By faith, Hevel offered to God a more excellent
sacrifice than Kayin, through which he had testimony given to him that
he was righteous, God bearing witness with respect to his gifts; and
through it he, being dead, still speaks. {11:5} By faith, Hanokh was
translated, so that he should not see death, and he was not found,
because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that
before his translation he had been well pleasing to God. {11:6}
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who
comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of
those who seek him. {11:7} By faith, Noach, being warned about things
not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a teivah for the saving
of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of
the righteousness which is according to faith. {11:8} By faith,
Avraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he
was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he
went. {11:9} By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as
in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Yitzchak and Ya`akov,
the heirs with him of the same promise. {11:10} For he looked for the
city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
{11:11} By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and
she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful
who had promised. {11:12} Therefore they were fathered by one, and him
as good as dead, as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as
innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore. {11:13} These all
died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them
and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the [1>]eretz[<1]. {11:14} For those who say
such things make it clear that they are seeking after a country of
their own. {11:15} If indeed they had been thinking of that country
from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
{11:16} But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one.
Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he
has prepared a city for them. {11:17} By faith, Avraham, being tested,
offered up Yitzchak. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was
offering up his one and only son; {11:18} even he to whom it was said,
"In Yitzchak will your seed be called;" {11:19} accounting that God is
able to raise up, even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also
did receive him back from the dead. {11:20} By faith, Yitzchak blessed
Ya`akov and Esav, even concerning things to come. {11:21} By faith,
Ya`akov, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Yosef, and
worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. {11:22} By faith, Yosef,
when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children
of Yisra'el; and gave instructions concerning his bones. {11:23} By
faith, Moshe, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his
parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were
not afraid of the king's [2>]mitzvah[<2]. {11:24} By faith, Moshe,
when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Par`oh's
daughter, {11:25} choosing rather to share ill treatment with the
people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time; {11:26}
accounting the reproach of Messiah greater riches than the treasures
of Mitzrayim; for he looked to the reward. {11:27} By faith, he left
Mitzrayim, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as
seeing him who is invisible. {11:28} By faith, he kept the Pesach, and
the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn
should not touch them. {11:29} By faith, they passed through the Red
sea as by dry land. When the Mitzrim tried to do so, they were
swallowed up. {11:30} By faith, the walls of Yericho fell down, after
they had been encircled for seven days. {11:31} By faith, Rachav, the
prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having
received the spies in shalom. {11:32} What will I more say? For the
time will fail me if I tell of Gid`on, Barak, Shimshon, Yiftach,
David, Shemu'el, and the prophets; {11:33} who, through faith, subdued
kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the
mouths of lions, {11:34} quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge
of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and
turned to flight armies of aliens. {11:35} Women received their dead
by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their
deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. {11:36}
Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and
imprisonment. {11:37} They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They
were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in
sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
{11:38} (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and
mountains and caves, and the holes of the [3>]eretz[<3]. {11:39} These
all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't
receive the promise, {11:40} God having provided some better thing
concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
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Footnotes:
[1] {11:13} earth
[2] {11:23} commandment
[3] {11:38} earth
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