When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.

Faith led to Enoch's removal from earth, that he might not experience death. 'He could not be found because God had removed him.' For, before his removal, he was renowned as having pleased God;

It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows upon faith.

If they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they could have found opportunities to return.

for they could not bear to think of the command-- 'If even an animal touches the mountain, it is to be stoned to death;'