17By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac; and he who had received the promise, presented in sacrifice his only begotten son, 18unto whom it had been said, “That by Isaac shall there be a seed bearing thy name[140]:” 19reasoning that God was able to raise him up again, even from the dead; from whence also figuratively he had received him.
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau with regard to future things.
21By faith, dying Jacob blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed down in adoration upon the top of his staff.
22By faith Joseph, approaching his end, made mention of the children of Israel’s departure thence; and gave a charge respecting his bones.
23By faith Moses, after he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child singularly beautiful; and they were not intimidated by the command of the king.
24By faith Moses, when he became a grown man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; 25choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin; 26esteeming the reproach of Christ riches greater than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked earnestly to the recompence of reward. 27By faith he forsook Egypt, not intimidated by the wrath of the king: for he boldly persisted, as seeing the invisible Jehovah. 28By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.
29By faith they passed through the Red sea, as on dry ground; which the Egyptians attempting to do were swallowed up.
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after being circled round seven days.
31By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with those who were infidels, having received the spies in peace.
32And what more shall I say: for the time would fail me if I should make a narration concerning Gideon, and Barac, and Sampson, and Jephtha, and David, and Samuel, and the prophets: 33who by faith vanquished kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34extinguished the force of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, they were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in battle, routed the armies of aliens. 35Women received by a resurrection their dead: but others were tortured, not accepting a release; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36and others had trials of mockeries and whippings, yea and farther of chains and imprisonment: 37they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they experienced the severest trials, they were slain by the edge of the sword: they went about wrapped in skins of sheep and goats, destitute of all things, pressed down with afflictions, suffering all kind of misery; 38of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered up and down in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caverns of the earth. 39And these all though having obtained a testimony by faith, received not the promise: 40God having provided for us something better, that without us they should not attain to perfection.