Hebrews 11:15 “If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would hav…”

Hebrews 11:15

If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And if they had bene mindfull of that countrey, from whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned.

Darby Translation

And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;

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,

Bible in Basic English

And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.

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Cross references

“mindful”

Genesis 24:6–8 Genesis 12:10 Genesis 11:31 Genesis 31:18 Genesis 32:9–11

Genesis 24:6–8 · BSB

Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

Genesis 12:10 · BSB

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Genesis 11:31 · BSB

And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled…

Genesis 31:18 · BSB

and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

Genesis 32:9–11 · BSB

Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

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