“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:”
By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise — Abraham's dwelling (paroikeō, to live as a resident alien) in Canaan while in tents (skēnē) manifests expectation of something beyond: he inhabited as a foreigner in his promised land because faith looks beyond the visible.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 11:9
“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. 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.” [“By faith”]: for (tell me) whom did he see to emulate? He had for father a Gentile, and an idolater; he had heard no prophets; he knew not whither he was…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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