These all died in faith, not having received the promises. Who were these? Abraham, Sara, Isaac, Jacob, and all of the OT saints listed in Hebrews 11. In this text, we are able to see into Abraham's and these other OT saints faith, and we are able to see that they ultimately looked afar off to the promise of the Seed (or that Man) that God promised would come to save them from their sins, and from this present evil world.