Ibrani 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond ¹  the elementary ²  instructions about Christ ³  and move on ⁴  to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

Ibrani 11:12

11:12 So in fact children ⁵  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand ⁶  on the seashore. ⁷ 

[6:1]  ¹ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

[6:1]  ² tn Or “basic.”

[6:1]  ³ tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

[11:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

[11:12]  ⁶ tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

[11:12]  ⁷ sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).