Acts 7:2-4

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² Stephen answered, “Brothers [^LMen, brothers] and fathers, listen to me. ·Our glorious God [The God of glory] appeared to Abraham, our ·ancestor [patriarch; ^Lfather], in Mesopotamia before he lived in Haran [^Ca city in Syria where Abraham resided before reaching the Promised Land; Gen. 11:31]. ³ God said to Abraham, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and go to the land I will show you [Gen. 12:1].’ ⁴ So Abraham left the ·country [land] of Chaldea [^Canother name for southern Mesopotamia, the location of Ur] and went to live in Haran. After Abraham’s father [^CTerah] died, God sent him to this place where you now live.