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16. νῦν δέ. “But, as the case now is.”
ὀρέγονται. The word means, “they are yearning for,” “they stretch forth their hands towards.”
οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται αὐτοὺς κ.τ.λ. “Is not ashamed of them, to be called their God” (Gen 28:13; Exo 3:6-15).
πόλιν. The “inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us” (1Pe 1:4). This digression is meant to shew that the faith and hopes of the Patriarchs reached beyond mere temporal blessings.