Hebrews 11:8-19

8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he was going.

9By faith he migrated to the land of promise as if it were foreign, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob—fellow heirs of the same promise.

10For he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

11By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive when she was barren and past the age, since she considered the One who had made the promise to be faithful.

12So from one—and him as good as dead—were fathered offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and as uncountable as the sand on the seashore.

13These all died in faith without receiving the things promised—but they saw them and welcomed them from afar, and they confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

14For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

15If indeed they had been thinking about where they had come from, they would have had opportunity to return.

16But as it is, they yearn for a better land—that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had received the promises was offering up his one and only son—

18the one about whom it was said, “Through Isaac offspring shall be named for you.”

19He reasoned that God was able to raise him up even from the dead—and in a sense, he did receive him back from there.