Hebrews 11:11

Hebrews 11:11

9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, ^adwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, ^bthe heirs with him of the same promise;

10 for he waited for ^athe city which has foundations, ^bwhose builder and maker is God.

11 By faith ^aSarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and ^bshe bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him ^cfaithful who had promised.

12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as ^adead, were born as many as the ^bstars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

The Heavenly Hope

13 These all died in faith, ^anot having received the ^bpromises, but ^chaving seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and ^dconfessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

14 For those who say such things ^adeclare plainly that they seek a homeland.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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To conceive seed (eiv katabolhn spermatov). For deposit of seed. See Hebrews 4:3 for katabolh.

Past age (para kairon hlikiav). Beyond (para with the accusative) the season of age.

Since she counted him faithful who had promised (epei piston hghsato ton epaggeilamenon). Sarah herself (auth—Sarra). Even Sarah, old as she was, believed God who had promised. Hence she received power.

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