Joshua 24:2

Good News Translation (US Version)

Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has to say: ‘Long ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods. One of those ancestors was Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor.

Cross References

Joshua 24:15

If you are not willing to serve him, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living. As for my family and me, we will serve the Lord.”

Genesis 31:30

I know that you left because you were so anxious to get back home, but why did you steal my household gods?”

Ezekiel 16:3

Tell Jerusalem what the Sovereign Lord is saying to her: “You were born in the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.

Isaiah 51:2

Think of your ancestor, Abraham, and of Sarah, from whom you are descended. When I called Abraham, he was childless, but I blessed him and gave him children; I made his descendants numerous.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then, in the Lord's presence you will recite these words: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean, who took his family to Egypt to live. They were few in number when they went there, but they became a large and powerful nation.

Genesis 35:4

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had and also the earrings that they were wearing. He buried them beneath the oak tree near Shechem.

Genesis 31:53

The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor will judge between us.” Then, in the name of the God whom his father Isaac worshiped, Jacob solemnly vowed to keep this promise.

Genesis 31:32

But if you find that anyone here has your gods, he will be put to death. Here, with our men as witnesses, look for anything that belongs to you and take what is yours.” Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen Laban's gods.

Genesis 31:19

Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and during his absence Rachel stole the household gods that belonged to her father.

Genesis 11:26

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

Luke 3:34

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

Genesis 11:24

When Nahor was 29 years old, he had a son, Terah;

Genesis 11:27

These are the descendants of Terah, who was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot,

Genesis 11:22

When Serug was 30 years old, he had a son, Nahor;

1 Chronicles 1:27

and Abram (also known as Abraham).