Nehemiah 9:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

You are the Lord our God, the one who chose Abram— you brought him from Ur in Babylonia and named him Abraham.

Cross References

Genesis 11:31

Terah decided to move from Ur to the land of Canaan. He took along Abram and Sarai and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. But when they came to the city of Haran, they settled there instead.

Isaiah 51:2

God chose Abraham and Sarah to be your ancestors. The Lord blessed Abraham, and from that one man came many descendants.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Yet the Lord loved your ancestors and wanted them to belong to him. So he chose them and their descendants rather than any other nation, and today you are still his people.

Genesis 15:7

The Lord said to Abram, “I brought you here from Ur in Chaldea, and I gave you this land.”

Genesis 18:19

I have chosen him to teach his family to obey me forever and to do what is right and fair. If they do, I will give Abraham many descendants, just as I promised.”