Hebrews 11:15 meaning and explanation

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

Hebrews 11:15, Berean Standard Bible

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The writer is explaining the patriarchs and Sarah, who died still waiting for what God promised. Their longing for a homeland was real, but verse 15 makes a pointed observation: if their hearts had remained fixed on Ur or Egypt, they could simply have gone back.

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