Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Çalışma Notu
Study Note
Abraham's faith is defined by response to command without specific destination — 'he went out, not knowing where he was going' — presenting the Urfather of faith as one who acts on divine word alone before any fulfillment is visible. The Greek 'me epistamenos pou erchetai' ('not knowing where he was going') is an important qualification: Abraham's obedience was not calculated risk but pure trust in the character of the one commanding. The passage (11:8-19) shows that Abraham's entire life was structured by this forward-looking posture — sojourning in a foreign land, receiving Isaac as a type of resurrection, seeking a city 'whose designer and builder is God.' The verse has been the paradigm for Christian theology of faith as obedient response to divine call regardless of experiential verification.
Diğer Çeviriler
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;
By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.
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