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Joshua told all the people, “This is what the Lord God of Israel has said: ‘In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River,[a] including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped[b] other gods, but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates[c] and brought him into[d] the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:2 tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Joshua 24:2 tn Or “served.”
  3. Joshua 24:3 tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Joshua 24:3 tn Or “through.”