# Hebrews 11

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/hebrews/11

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Now faith is confidence in things hoped for, conviction of things not seen.
2. For by this the elders were attested.
3. By faith we understand the ages to have been formed by God's word, so that what is seen has not come into being from things that appear.
4. By faith Abel offered God a superior sacrifice to Cain's, through which he was attested righteous—God testifying over his gifts—and through it, though dead, he still speaks.
5. By faith Enoch was removed so that he did not see death, and he was not found because God had removed him; for before his removal it has been attested that he pleased God.
6. But without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever approaches God must believe that he exists and that he is a rewarder to those who seek him.
7. By faith Noah, warned about things not yet seen and moved by reverence, built an ark for the salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
8. By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to depart for the place he was about to receive as an inheritance, and he departed, not knowing where he was going.
9. By faith he lived as a stranger in the land of promise, as in a foreign place, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of that same promise.
10. For he was looking for the city that has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11. By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive offspring even beyond childbearing age, because she deemed trustworthy the one who promised.
12. Therefore even from one man—and him as good as dead—were born descendants as numerous as the stars of the sky, and as the innumerable sand by the seashore.
13. These all died in faith, not having received the promises but having seen them from afar and welcomed them, and having confessed that they are strangers and sojourners on the earth.
14. For those who say such things show that they seek a homeland.
15. And if indeed they had been remembering that country from which they went out, they would have had time to return.
16. But now they desire a better one, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God, for he prepared a city for them.
17. By faith Abraham, when tested, offered Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering his only son.
18. to whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed will be called."
19. He reasoned that God was even able to raise from the dead, from which he also received him figuratively.
20. By faith Isaac also blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21. By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
22. By faith Joseph, when dying, remembered the departure of Israel's sons and commanded concerning his bones.
23. By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months because they saw the child was handsome and were not afraid of the king's decree.
24. By faith Moses, when grown great, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter.
25. choosing rather to endure hardship with God's people than to experience sin's temporary enjoyment.
26. He reckoned the reproach of Christ greater riches than Egypt's treasures, for he looked to the recompense.
27. By faith he abandoned Egypt, not fearing the king's indignation; for he persevered, as beholding the unseen.
28. By faith he observed the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest the destroyer of the firstborn touch them.
29. By faith they crossed the Red Sea as on dry ground; when the Egyptians attempted it, they were devoured.
30. By faith the walls of Jericho collapsed after they were surrounded for seven days.
31. By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who disobeyed, having received the spies with peace.
32. And what more should I say? For time would fail me to recount Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David as well, Samuel, and the prophets.
33. who by faith conquered kingdoms, accomplished righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions.
34. They extinguished fire’s might, escaped the sword’s blade, were empowered from weakness, became powerful in war, and routed foreigners’ camps.
35. Women received their dead through resurrection, but others were tortured, not accepting deliverance in order to attain a better resurrection.
36. Others faced trial through mockery and scourging, moreover through bonds and imprisonment.
37. They were stoned, sawn in two, put to death by the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, mistreated.
38. The world was unworthy of them, who wandered in deserts and mountains, in caves and the holes of the earth.
39. And they all, attested through their faith, did not receive the promise.
40. God having foreseen something better for us, so that without us they should not be perfected.

## Nearby chapters

[Hebrews 10](https://www.lumin.faith/read/hebrews/10.md)
[Hebrews 12](https://www.lumin.faith/read/hebrews/12.md)

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