Hebrews 11:8 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

KJV

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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Commentary

4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Abraham, when he was called - See on Gen 12:1-4 (note). Not knowing whither he went - Therefore his obedience was the fullest proof of his faith in God, and his faith was an implicit faith; he obeyed, and went out from his own country, having no prospect of any good or success but what his implicit faith led him to expect from God, as the rewarder of them that diligently seek him. In all the preceding cases, and in all that follow, the apostle keeps this maxim fully in view.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) He sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country. This was an exercise of his faith. Observe, [1.] How Canaan is called the land of promise, because yet only promised, not possessed. [2.] How Abraham lived in Canaan, not as heir and proprietor, but as a sojourner only.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1242: “Abraham's Prompt Obedience to the Call of God” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1875)

ONE IS STRUCK with the practical character of this verse. Abraham was called, and he obeyed. There is no hint of hesitation, parleying, or delay; when he was called to go out, he went out. Would to God thatsuch conduct were usual, yea, universal; for with many of our fellow-men, and I fear with some now present, the call alone is not enough to produce obedience. "Many are called, but few are chosen." The Lord's complaint is "I called and ye refused."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πίστει	Pistei	By faith	G4102 →
καλούμενος	kaloumenos	being called	G2564 →
Ἀβραὰμ	Abraam	Abraham	G11 →
ὑπήκουσεν	hupēkousen	obeyed	G5219 →
ἐξελθεῖν	exelthein	to go out	G1831 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τόπον	topon	a place	G5117 →
ὃν	hon	that	G3739 →
ἤμελλεν	ēmellen	he was going	G3195 →
λαμβάνειν	lambanein	to receive	G2983 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
κληρονομίαν	klēronomian	an inheritance	G2817 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξῆλθεν	exēlthen	went out	G1831 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐπιστάμενος	epistamenos	knowing	G1987 →
ποῦ	pou	where	G4226 →
ἔρχεται.¶	erchetai	he is going.	G2064 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 22:18
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
leads to
- Acts 3:25
  And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
- Genesis 12:3
  I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
- Galatians 3:16
  The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
- Genesis 26:4–5
  I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
- Genesis 18:18
  Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.