Genesis 11:31
Holman Christian Standard Bible
31 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(A) to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
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Genesis 12:1-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Call of Abram
12 The Lord said to Abram:
Go out from your land,
your relatives,
and your father’s house
to the land that I will show you.(A)
2 I will make you into a great nation,(B)
I will bless you,(C)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a](D)
3 I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse those who treat you with contempt,(E)
and all the peoples[b] on earth
will be blessed[c] through you.[d](F)
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.(G)
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- Genesis 12:2 Or great. Be a blessing!
- Genesis 12:3 Lit clans
- Genesis 12:3 Or will find blessing
- Genesis 12:3 Or will bless themselves by you
Acts 7:2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 “Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,(A)
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