Why did not these ancient worthies receive the promise?

Answer

"And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided
some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." Heb. 11: 39,40.

What contrast is drawn in the Scriptures between the Creator and false gods?
Through whom will Abraham receive the promise of the future inheritance?
How early did Hannah dedicate her son Samuel to God?
What immediately followed this complete apostasy?
Were the Ten Commandments a distinct and complete law by themselves?
By what other terms are these covenants designated?
What did He say should be done with every plant not planted by God?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle