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Hebrews 11:3

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11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds 1  were set in order at God’s command, 2  so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. 3 

Hebrews 11:17

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11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, 4  yet he was ready to offer up 5  his only son.

Hebrews 11:22

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11:22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, 6  mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel 7  and gave instructions about his burial. 8 

Hebrews 11:27

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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.

Hebrews 11:29

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11:29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

Hebrews 11:31

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11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of 9  the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

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[11:3]  1 tn Grk “ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 1:2 for same usage.

[11:3]  2 tn Grk “by God’s word.”

[11:3]  3 sn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that what is seen did not come into being from things that are visible.”

[11:17]  4 tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.

[11:17]  5 tn Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of the deed.

[11:22]  7 tn Grk “coming to an end,” “dying.”

[11:22]  8 sn Joseph’s prophecy about the exodus of the sons of Israel is found in Gen 50:24.

[11:22]  9 tn Grk “about his bones,” which refers by metonymy to the disposition of his bones, i.e., his burial.

[11:31]  10 tn Grk “did not perish together with.”



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