Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
Nehemiah 9:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You, the Lord, are the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and changed his name to Abraham. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You are the Lord, the God Who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees and gave him the name Abraham. American Standard Version (1901) Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham, Common English Bible LORD God, you are the one who chose Abram. You brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. Catholic Public Domain Version You yourself, O Lord God, are the One who chose Abram. And you led him away from the fire of the Chaldeans, and you gave him the name Abraham. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham. |
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
He also said to him, ‘I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.’
Your name will no longer be Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.
For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was only one; I blessed him and made him many.
Yet the Lord had his heart set on your ancestors and loved them. He chose their descendants after them #– #he chose you out of all the peoples, as it is today.