unfoldingWord_en_tn/heb/11/11.md

# It was by faith

The abstract noun "faith" can be expressed with the verb "believe." Possible meanings are 1) it was by Abraham's faith. AT: "It was because Abraham believed God" or 2) it was by Sarah's faith. AT: "It was because Sarah believed God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# received ability to father a child

"received ability to become a father" or "received ability to have a child"

# since he considered as faithful the one who had given the promise

"because he believed God, who had give the promise, to be faithful"

# almost dead

"too old to have children" or "very old"

# descendants as many as the stars in the sky and as countless as sand by the seashore

This simile means Abraham had very many descendants. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# as countless as sand by the seashore

This means that just as there are so many grains of sand on the seashore that no one can count them all, Abraham had so many descendants that no one can count them all.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sarah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/barren]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/conceive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faithful]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# It was by faith`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The abstract noun "faith" can be expressed with the verb "believe." Possible meanings are 1) it was by Abraham's faith. AT: "It was because Abraham believed God" or 2) it was by Sarah's faith. AT: "It was because Sarah believed God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# received ability to father a child`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"received ability to become a father" or "received ability to have a child"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# since he considered as faithful the one who had given the promise`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"because he believed God, who had give the promise, to be faithful"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# almost dead`

			`"too old to have children" or "very old"`

			`# descendants as many as the stars in the sky and as countless as sand by the seashore`

			`This simile means Abraham had very many descendants. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])`

			`# as countless as sand by the seashore`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This means that just as there are so many grains of sand on the seashore that no one can count them all, Abraham had so many descendants that no one can count them all.`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sarah]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/barren]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/conceive]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faithful]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promise]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]`