²⁰ By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.^(A)

²¹ By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,^(B) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

²² By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.^(C)

²³ By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,^(D) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.^(E)

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.^{(F) 25} He chose to be mistreated^(G) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. ²⁶ He regarded disgrace^(H) for the sake of Christ^(I) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.^{(J) 27} By faith he left Egypt,^(K) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer^(L) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.^(M)

²⁹ By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.^(N)

³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.^(O)

³¹ By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.^[a](P)

³² And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,^(Q) Barak,^(R) Samson^(S) and Jephthah,^(T) about David^(U) and Samuel^(V) and the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms,^(W) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,^{(X) 34} quenched the fury of the flames,^(Y) and escaped the edge of the sword;^(Z) whose weakness was turned to strength;^(AA) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.^{(AB) 35} Women received back their dead, raised to life again.^(AC) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. ³⁶ Some faced jeers and flogging,^(AD) and even chains and imprisonment.^{(AE) 37} They were put to death by stoning;^[b](AF) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.^(AG) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,^(AH) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— ³⁸ the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves^(AI) and in holes in the ground.

³⁹ These were all commended^(AJ) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,^{(AK) 40} since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us^(AL) would they be made perfect.^(AM)