12. Therefore there sprang even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
13. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off and believing them and embracing them and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14. For those that say such things declare plainly that they seek their native country.
15. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had time to have returned.
16. But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one; therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
17. By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac, and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18. of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called,
19. accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence he also received him in a figure.
20. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning what they should become.
21. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22. By faith Joseph, as he died, made mention of the departing of the sons of Israel, and gave a commandment concerning his bones.
23. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents because they saw he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
24. By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
25. choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season,
26. esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
27. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28. By faith he kept the passover and the sprinkling of the blood lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.