¹² Therefore indeed from one man— and he having become impotent as to these^[a] things— were born^[b] seed as the stars of heaven in number, and countless as the sand by the shore of the sea. ¹³ In accordance with faith, these^[c] all died not having received the promises, but having seen them from a distance, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they are strangers and pilgrims^[d] on the earth. ¹⁴ For the ones saying such things are making-clear that they are seeking-for a homeland.