and he went out, not knowing where he was going to.
011:009 Through faith he came and made his home for a time in a land
which had been promised to him, as if in a foreign country,
living in tents together with Isaac and Jacob, sharers with him
in the same promise;
011:010 for he continually looked forward to the city which has
the foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
011:011 Through faith even Sarah herself received strength to become
a mother--although she was past the time of life for this--
because she judged Him faithful who had given the promise.
011:012 And thus there sprang from one man, and him practically dead,
a nation like the stars of the sky in number, and like the sands
on the sea shore which cannot be counted.
011:013 All these died in the possession of faith. They had not received
the promised blessings, but had seen them from a distance
and had greeted them, and had acknowledged themselves to be
foreigners and strangers here on earth;
011:014 for men who acknowledge this make it manifest that they are
seeking elsewhere a country of their own.
011:015 And if they had cherished the remembrance of the country they
had left, they would have found an opportunity to return;
011:016 but, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say,
a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be
called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them.
011:017 Through faith Abraham, as soon as God put him to the test,
offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had joyfully welcomed the promises
was on the point of sacrificing his only son
011:018 with regard to whom he had been told, "It is through Isaac
that your posterity shall be traced."
011:019 For he reckoned that God is even able to raise a man up from