Joshua 24:2

God's Word

Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: Long ago your ancestors, Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor, lived on the other side of the Euphrates River and served other gods.

Cross References

Genesis 11:22

Serug was 30 years old when he became the father of Nahor.

Genesis 11:24

Nahor was 29 years old when he became the father of Terah.

Genesis 11:26

Terah was 70 years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11:27

This is the account of Terah and his descendants. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.

Genesis 31:19

When Laban went to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s idols.

Genesis 31:30

Now you have left for your father’s home because you were so homesick. But why did you steal my gods?”

Genesis 31:32

If you find your gods, the one who has them will not be allowed to live. In the presence of our relatives, search as much as you want through what I have, and take what is yours.” (Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen the gods.)

Genesis 31:53

May the God of Abraham and Nahor—the God of their father—judge between us.” So Jacob swore this oath by the Fear of his father Isaac

Genesis 35:4

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had in their possession as well as the earrings that they had on. Jacob buried these things under the oak tree near Shechem.

1 Chronicles 1:27

Abram (that is, Abraham).

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham, your ancestor, and to Sarah, from whom you are descended. When I called Abraham, he was childless. I blessed him and gave him many descendants.

Ezekiel 16:3

Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says to the people of Jerusalem: Your birthplace and your ancestors were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.

Luke 3:34

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

Deuteronomy 26:5

You will make this formal statement in the presence of the Lord your God: “My ancestors were wandering Arameans. There were only a few of them when they went to Egypt and lived as foreigners. But then they became a great, powerful, and large nation.

Joshua 24:15

But if you don’t want to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Even if you choose the gods your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live, my family and I will still serve the Lord.”