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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying - Genesis 47:31; Genesis 48:1-20. That is, when he was about to die. He saw his death near when he pronounced this blessing on Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph.And worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff - This is an exact quotation from the Septuagint in Genesis 47:31. The English version of that place is, “and Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head,” which is a proper translation, in the main, of the word מטּה miTTah. That word, however,... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:22

By faith Joseph, when he died - When about to die; see Genesis 50:24-25.Made mention of the departing of the children of Israel - Margin, “remembered.” The meaning is, that he called this to their mind; he spake of it. “And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” This prediction of Joseph could have rested only on faith in the promise of God. There were no events then... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:23

By faith Moses, when he was born - That is, by the faith of his parents. The faith of Moses himself is commended in the following verses. The statement of the apostle here is, that his parents were led to preserve his life by their confidence in God. They believed that he was destined to some great purpose, and that he would be spared, notwithstanding all the probabilities against it, and all the difficulties in the case.Was hid three months of his parents - By his parents. In Exodus 2:2, it is... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:24

By faith Moses - He had confidence in God when he called him to be the leader of his people. He believed that he was able to deliver them, and he so trusted in him that he was willing at his command to forego the splendid prospects which opened before him in Egypt. “When he was come to years.” Greek “being great;” that is, when he was grown up to manhood. He was at that time forty years of age; see the notes on Acts 7:23. He took this step, therefore, in the full maturity of his judgment, and... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:25

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God - With those whom God had chosen to he his people - the Israelites. They were then oppressed and down-trodden; but they were the descendants of Abraham, and were those whom God had designed to be his special people. Moses saw that if he cast in his lot with them, he must expect trials. They were poor, and crushed, and despised - a nation of slaves. If he identified himself with them, his condition would be like theirs - one of great... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:26

Esteeming the reproach of Christ - Margin, “For;” that is, on account of Christ. This means either that he was willing to bear the reproaches incident to his belief that the Messiah would come, and that he gave up his fair prospects in Egypt with that expectation; or that he endured such reproaches as Christ suffered; or the apostle uses the expression as a sort of technical phrase, well understood in his time, to denote sufferings endured in the cause of religion. Christians at that time would... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:27

By faith he forsook Egypt - Some have understood this of the first time in which Moses forsook Egypt, when he fled into Midian, as recorded in Exodus 2:0; the majority of expositors have supposed that it refers to the time when he left Egypt to conduct the Israelites to the promised land. That the latter is the time referred to is evident from the fact that it is said that he did “not fear the wrath of the king.” When Moses first fled to the land of Midian it is expressly said that he went... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:28

Through faith he kept the passover - Greek, “he made - πεποίηκε pepoiēke - the passover,” which means more, it seems to me, than that he merely kept or celebrated it. It implies that he instituted this rite, and made the arrangements for its observance. There is reference to the special agency, and the special faith which he had in its institution. The faith in the case was confidence that this would be the means of preserving the first-born of the Israelites, when the angel should destroy... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:29

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land - Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29. That is, it was only by confidence in God that they were able to do this. It was not by power which they had to remove the waters and to make a passage for themselves; and it was not by the operation of any natural causes. It is not to be supposed that all who passed through the Red sea had saving faith. The assertion of the apostle is, that the passage was made in virtue of strong confidence in God, and that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:20-21

Hebrews 11:20-21. By faith By firmly believing what God had revealed unto him concerning the future state of his children; Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau Prophetically foretold the particular blessings they should receive, preferring the younger before the elder. See notes on Genesis 27:6-40. By faith Jacob, when a dying That is, when near death, believing that God would make good his promise of giving his posterity the land of Canaan; blessed both the sons of Joseph Foretelling that... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:29

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:20-21

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