Hebrews 6:15
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New International Version (©2011)
And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise.

International Standard Version (©2012)
And so he obtained what he had been promised, because he patiently waited for it.

NET Bible (©2006)
And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And in this way he was patient and received The Promise.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So Abraham received what God promised because he waited patiently for it.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

American King James Version
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

American Standard Version
And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And so patiently enduring he obtained the promise.

Darby Bible Translation
and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise.

English Revised Version
And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Webster's Bible Translation
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Weymouth New Testament
And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.

World English Bible
Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Young's Literal Translation
and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:11-20 The hope here meant, is a sure looking for good things promised, through those promises, with love, desire, and valuing of them. Hope has its degrees, as faith also. The promise of blessedness God has made to believers, is from God's eternal purpose, settled between the eternal Father, Son, and Spirit. These promises of God may safely be depended upon; for here we have two things which cannot change, the counsel and the oath of God, in which it is not possible for God to lie; it would be contrary to his nature as well as to his will. And as He cannot lie; the destruction of the unbeliever, and the salvation of the believer, are alike certain. Here observe, those to whom God has given full security of happiness, have a title to the promises by inheritance. The consolations of God are strong enough to support his people under their heaviest trials. Here is a refuge for all sinners who flee to the mercy of God, through the redemption of Christ, according to the covenant of grace, laying aside all other confidences. We are in this world as a ship at sea, tossed up and down, and in danger of being cast away. We need an anchor to keep us sure and steady. Gospel hope is our anchor in the storms of this world. It is sure and stedfast, or it could not keep us so. The free grace of God, the merits and mediation of Christ, and the powerful influences of his Spirit, are the grounds of this hope, and so it is a stedfast hope. Christ is the object and ground of the believer's hope. Let us therefore set our affections on things above, and wait patiently for his appearance, when we shall certainly appear with him in glory.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And so, after he had patiently endured,.... He waited long for a son, from whom the Messiah was to spring, after he had had the promise of one; and he endured many afflictions with patience, in his journeys from place to place, throughout his life to the end:

he obtained the promise; he was greatly blessed in temporal things; he lived to see the son of the promise, and his sons; he saw the day of Christ by faith, and now inherits the heavenly glory, which is the thing chiefly designed.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

15. so—thus relying on the promise.

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God's Promise is Certain
13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, 14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you. 15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. …

Genesis 12:4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.
Genesis 21:5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Hebrews 9:15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance--now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.