⁸ Also ^(A)I give to you and your descendants after you the land ^(B)in^[a] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and ^(C)I will be their God.”

⁹ And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one ^(A)came in to ^[a]stay here, ^(B)and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.

²² And she bore him a son. He called his name ^(A)Gershom,^[a] for he said, “I have been ^(B)a ^[b]stranger in a foreign land.”

Redemption of Property

²³ ‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for ^(A)the land is Mine; for you are ^(B)strangers and sojourners with Me.

⁹ By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, ^(A)dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, ^(B)the heirs with him of the same promise;

The Heavenly Hope

¹³ These all died in faith, ^(A)not having received the ^(B)promises, but ^(C)having seen them afar off ^[a]were assured of them, embraced them and ^(D)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.