Examples of Faith -
The Faith of Abraham - Hebrews 11:8-10
 "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he
was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was
going.
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By faith he lived as an alien in the land of
promise, as in a foreign land dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow
heirs of the same promise;
10
for he was looking for the
city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God." Hebrews
11:8-10 (NAS)
The story of Abraham (first called Abram) is contained in
Genesis chapters 11-50.
The account given above in Hebrews 11:8-10 was when Abraham was first called
by God. This part of Abraham's life is recorded beginning in Genesis
chapter 12:
 "Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, and from your
relatives and from your father's house, to the land which I will show you;
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And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless
you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing;
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And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse.
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
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So Abram went forth as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now
Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
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And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions
which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran,
and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan."
Genesis 12:1-5 (NAS)
Abram did what God asked, and went forth from Haran to the land of Canaan.
Question 14a:
According to Hebrews 11:8-10, what was it that Abraham had hoped for? |
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faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would
later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went,
even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By
faith he made his home in the promised land like a
stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as
did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the
same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the
city with foundations, whose architect and builder
is God. (NIV)
By
faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to
the place which he would receive as an inheritance.
And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9
By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a
foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and
Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10
for he waited for the city which has foundations,
whose builder and maker is God. (NKJ)
By
faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out
unto a place which he was to receive for an
inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he
went. 9 By faith he became a sojourner 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 looked for the city
which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker
is God. (ASV)
By
faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a
place which he should after receive for an
inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing
whither he went. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land
of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in
tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him
of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city
which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is
God. (KJV)