Hebrews 11:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise — The promise was made before, Genesis 12:7. Dwelling in tents — As a sojourner With Isaac and Jacob — Who by the same manner of living showed the same faith Jacob was born fifteen years before the death of Abraham. The joint heirs of the same promise — Having all the same interest therein. Isaac did not receive this inheritance from Abraham, nor Jacob from Isaac, but all of them from God. Genesis 17:8

Hebrews 11:9

9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: