Hebrews 11:20-31

11:20 By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future. 11:21 By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff. ¹  11:22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, ²  mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel ³  and gave instructions about his burial. ⁴ 

11:23 By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him ⁵  for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. 11:24 By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 11:25 choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure. 11:26 He regarded abuse suffered for Christ ⁶  to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on ⁷  the reward. 11:27 By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible. 11:28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, ⁸  so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. 11:29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up. 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho ⁹  fell after the people marched around them ¹⁰  for seven days. 11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of ¹¹  the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

[11:21]  ¹ tn Grk “worshiped on the top of his staff,” a quotation from Gen 47:31 (LXX).

[11:22]  ¹ tn Grk “coming to an end,” “dying.”

[11:22]  ² sn Joseph’s prophecy about the exodus of the sons of Israel is found in Gen 50:24.

[11:22]  ³ tn Grk “about his bones,” which refers by metonymy to the disposition of his bones, i.e., his burial.

[11:23]  ¹ tn Grk “Moses, when he was born, was hidden by his parents.”

[11:26]  ¹ tn Grk “the abuse [or ‘reproach’] of Christ.”

[11:26]  ² tn Grk “he was looking away to.”

[11:28]  ¹ tn Grk “the pouring out of the blood.”

[11:30]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[11:30]  ² tn Grk “after they had been encircled.”

[11:31]  ¹ tn Grk “did not perish together with.”