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Hbr 11:13 — These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

all died		Gen 25:8; Gen 27:2-4; Gen 48:21; Gen 49:18,28,33; Gen 50:24
in faith		Gr. according to faith.
not		Hbr 11:39.
but		Hbr 11:27; Gen 49:10; Num 24:17; Job 19:25; Jhn 8:56; Jhn 12:41; 1Pe 1:10-12
and were		Rom 4:21; Rom 8:24; 1Jo 3:19; *Gr:
confessed		Gen 23:4; Gen 47:9; 1Ch 29:14,15; Psa 39:12; Psa 119:19; 1Pe 1:17; 1Pe 2:11

Correlating Passages

all died

	Gen 25:8	Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.
	Gen 27:2	And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
	Gen 27:3	Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;
	Gen 27:4	And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
	Gen 48:21	And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
	Gen 49:18	I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
	Gen 49:28	All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel: and this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
	Gen 49:33	And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
	Gen 50:24	And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

not

Hbr 11:39

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

but

	Hbr 11:27	By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
	Gen 49:10	The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].
	Num 24:17	I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
	Job 19:25	For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:
	Jhn 8:56	Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw [it], and was glad.
	Jhn 12:41	These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
	1Pe 1:10	Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] unto you:
	1Pe 1:11	Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
	1Pe 1:12	Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

and were

	Rom 4:21	And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
	Rom 8:24	For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
	1Jo 3:19	And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

confessed

	Gen 23:4	I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
	Gen 47:9	And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage [are] an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
	1Ch 29:14	But who [am] I, and what [is] my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things [come] of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
	1Ch 29:15	For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding.
	Psa 39:12	Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].
	Psa 119:19	I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
	1Pe 1:17	And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:
	1Pe 2:11	Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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Scott, Thomas. "Hebrews 11:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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