11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going. 11:9 By faith he lived as a foreigner 7 in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs 8 of the same promise.
1 tn Heb “were.”
2 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
3 tn Heb “as you go.”
4 tn Heb “as you go.”
5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn The translation “made him move” for the verb μετοικίζω (metoikizw) is given by L&N 85.83. The verb has the idea of “resettling” someone (BDAG 643 s.v.); see v. 43, where it reappears.
9 tn Or “settled as a resident alien.”
10 tn Or “heirs with him.”