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:
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Gill's Exposition
For he looked for a city which hath foundations,.... Not the city of Jerusalem, nor the Gospel church state; but either the city of the new Jerusalem, said to have twelve foundations, Rev 21:14 and in…
Barnes' Notes
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country - The land of Canaan that had been promised to him and his posterity. He resided there as if he were a stranger and sojourner. He…
Adam Clarke
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise - It is remarkable that Abraham did not acquire any right in Canaan, except that of a burying place; nor did he build any house in it; his faith showed him…
The apostle, having given us a more general account of the grace of faith, now proceeds to set before us some illustrious examples of it in the Old Testament times, and these may be divided into two…
Cambridge Bible
as in a strange country "I am a stranger and a sojourner with you" (Gen 23:3). The patriarchs are constantly called paroikoi, "dwellers beside," "sojourners" (Gen 17:8; Gen 20:1, &c).
dwelling in…
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