Hobab answered,“ No. I can’t go. I’m going back to my own land. I’m returning to my own people.”

何巴回答说：“我不去；我要回本地本族那里去。”

何巴对他说：“我不去，我要回本地本族去。”

何巴对他说：“我不去，我要回本地本族去。”

何巴说：“我不去了，我要回到我的家乡和亲族那里。”

何巴对摩西说：“我不去，我要归回我本地本族那里去。”

何巴回答說：「我不去；我要回本地本族那裏去。」

何巴對他說：「我不去，我要回本地本族去。」

何巴對他說：「我不去，我要回本地本族去。」

何巴說：「我不去了，我要回到我的家鄉和親族那裡。」

何巴對摩西說：“我不去，我要歸回我本地本族那裡去。”

何巴對摩西說：『我不去；我要往我本地我親族那裏去。』

何巴曰、我不偕往、將歸故鄉、返我宗族、

曰我不偕往、將歸故鄉、返我宗族、

曰、我不欲偕往、欲返故土、歸我宗族、

He answered,“ No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own people.”

But he said to him,“ I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.”

But Hobab replied,“ No, I will not go. I must return to my own land and family.”

But he replied to him,“ I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”

But he said to him,“ I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives.”

And he said to him,“ I will not go, but I will depart to my own land and to my relatives.”

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

But he replied to him,“ I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

But Hobab said to him,“ I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”

He said to him,“ I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.”

Abraham had faith. So he obeyed God. God called him to go to a place he would later receive as his own. So he went. He did it even though he didn’t know where he was going.

“ Anyone who comes to me must hate their father and mother. They must hate their wife and children. They must hate their brothers and sisters. And they must hate even their own life. Unless they do this, they can’t be my disciple.

“ Look,” said Naomi.“ Your sister- in- law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”But Ruth replied,“ Don’t try to make me leave you and go back. Where you go I’ll go. Where you stay I’ll stay. Your people will be my people. Your God will be my God.Where you die I’ll die. And there my body will be buried. I won’t let even death separate you from me. If I do, may the Lord punish me greatly.”

“‘ I will not,’ the son answered. But later he changed his mind and went.

Now you have run away. You longed to go back to your father’s home. But why did you have to steal the statues of my gods?”

The Lord had said to Abram,“ Go from your country, your people and your father’s family. Go to the land I will show you.

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They didn’t receive the things God had promised. They only saw them and welcomed them from a long way off. They openly said that they were outsiders and strangers on earth.

So from now on we don’t look at anyone the way the world does. At one time we looked at Christ in that way. But we don’t anymore.

Royal bride, listen and pay careful attention. Forget about your people and the home you came from.