Joshua 24:2

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Joshua said to all the people, “The Lord, the God of Israel, says this: ‘Long, long ago your forefathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.

Cross References

Genesis 11:22

When Serug was 30, he had Nahor.

Genesis 11:24

When Nahor was 29, he had Terah.

Genesis 11:26

When Terah was 70, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11:27

The following is the genealogy of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.

Genesis 31:19

While Laban was away from home shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.

Genesis 31:30

Clearly you wanted to leave and go back to your family home, but why did you have to steal my idols?”

Genesis 31:32

As for your idols, anyone you find who has them will die. You can search everything in the presence of our relatives, and if you find I have anything that belongs to you, you can take it.” (Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.)

Genesis 31:53

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor—the God of our forefathers—be the one to judge between us in any dispute.” Jacob in turn made his solemn promise in the name of the awesome God of his father Isaac.

Genesis 35:4

They handed over to Jacob all the pagan idols they had, as well as their earrings, and he buried them under the oak tree at Shechem.

1 Chronicles 1:27

and Abram (also called Abraham).

Isaiah 51:2

Look back at Abraham your father, and Sarah who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was only one man, but then I blessed him and he had many descendants.

Ezekiel 16:3

Tell Jerusalem that this is what the Lord God says to her: You really are a Canaanite, both by your birth and parentage. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.

Luke 3:34

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then this is what you are to publicly declare before the Lord your God, “My father was an Aramean who moved from place to place. There were only a few of them when he and his family went to live in Egypt. But they became a large and powerful nation.

Joshua 24:15

But if you don't want to worship the Lord, choose today who you want to worship! Is it going to be the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates? Or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you're now living? But as for me and my family, we will worship the Lord!”