KJV King James Version
And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
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Hebrews 11:15
And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
WEB World English Bible
If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
ASV American Standard Version
And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
Surrounding context — Hebrews 11
12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son],
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
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Genesis 24:6-8And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.Genesis 12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.Genesis 11:31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.Genesis 31:18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.Genesis 32:9-11And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
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