Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
Abel is our first pattern of faith at work: he offered a sacrifice acceptable to God while his brother's was rejected. By faith he was commended as righteous, and though he died long ago, his faith still speaks.
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Commenting on Hebrews 11:4-31
And truly if they had been mindful of that country,.... Chaldea, which was Abraham's country: from whence they came out; as Abraham and Sarah did, in person, and their posterity in them: they might have had opportunity to have returned: for the way from Canaan or Egypt, where they sojourned, was short and easy: and though Abraham sent his servant thither to take a wife...
Verse 14. For they that say such things, etc. That speak of themselves as having come into' a land of strangers; and that negotiate for a small piece of land, not to cultivate, but to bury their dead. So we should think of any strange people coming among us now--who lived in tents; who frequently changed their residence; who became the purchasers of no land...