NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 11

Hebrews 11:11

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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.

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Hebrews 11:8–14

8

By faith Abraham, 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.

9

By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.

10

For he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

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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.

12

Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.

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 earth.

14

For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

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