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Acts 7:2-4
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Acts 7:2-4
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2 This was Stephen’s lengthy reply: “The glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Iraq[a] before he moved to Syria, 3 and told him to leave his native land, to say good-bye to his relatives and to start out for a country that God would direct him to. 4 So he left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran, in Syria, until his father died. Then God brought him here to the land of Israel,
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- Acts 7:2 Iraq, literally, “Mesopotamia.” Syria, literally, “Haran,” a city in the area we now know as Syria.
Acts 7:2-4
New International Version
Acts 7:2-4
New International Version
2 To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers,(A) listen to me! The God of glory(B) appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran.(C) 3 ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a](D)
4 “So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.(E)
Footnotes
- Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1
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