Became a sojourner (παρωικησεν). First aorist active indicative of παροικεω, old verb to dwell (οικεω) beside (παρα), common in LX…

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.…

The land of promise—More correctly, according to the true reading, a land of the promise: into a land which the promise (…

When he was called to go out into a place which he should afar receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went. …

Paradoxically, when he got to “the promised land” of Canaan, Abraham lived in it, not as its owner, but as though “in a foreign country.” This eart…

By faith he sojourned, and so on. The second point is that, having entered into the land, he was treated merely as a stranger and…

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise
The land of Canaan, so called, because it was promised to Abraham and h…

We are often called to leave worldly connections, interests, and comforts. If heirs of Abraham's faith, we will obey and go forth, though not knowi…

Having given an example of faith from the fathers who lived before the flood—that is, those who were fathers of both the Gentiles and the Jews—the …