^{12 Ref} wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, `so many' as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable.

^{13 Ref} These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

^{14 Ref} For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.

^{15 Ref} And if indeed they had been mindful of that `country' from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

^{16 Ref} But now they desire a better `country', that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.