en_tn/heb/11/13.md

# without receiving the promises

This speaks of promises as if they are objects that a person receives. AT: "without receiving what God had promised them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# after seeing and greeting them from far off

Future promised events are spoken of as if they were travelers arriving from far away. AT: "after learning what God will do in the future" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# they admitted

"they acknowledged" or "they accepted"

# they were foreigners and exiles on earth

Here "foreigners" and "exiles" mean basically the same thing. This emphasizes that this earth was not their true home. They were waiting for their true home that God would make for them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# a homeland

"a country for them to belong to"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# without receiving the promises`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This speaks of promises as if they are objects that a person receives. AT: "without receiving what God had promised them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# after seeing and greeting them from far off`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Future promised events are spoken of as if they were travelers arriving from far away. AT: "after learning what God will do in the future" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# they admitted`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"they acknowledged" or "they accepted"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# they were foreigners and exiles on earth`
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			`Here "foreigners" and "exiles" mean basically the same thing. This emphasizes that this earth was not their true home. They were waiting for their true home that God would make for them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# a homeland`

			`"a country for them to belong to"`