Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who (A)brought you out of (B)Ur of the Chaldeans, (C)to give you this land to inherit it.”

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He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out(A) of Ur of the Chaldeans(B) to give you this land to take possession of it.”(C)

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And he said, (A)“Brethren and fathers, listen: The (B)God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in (C)Haran, and said to him, (D)‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ Then (E)he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was (F)dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.

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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) ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a](D)

“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)

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  1. Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1

Promises to Abram(A)

12 Now the (B)Lord had said to Abram:

“Get (C)out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.

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The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household(A) to the land(B) I will show you.(C)

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The Promise Granted Through Faith

13 For the promise that he would be the (A)heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

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13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise(A) that he would be heir of the world,(B) but through the righteousness that comes by faith.(C)

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44 (A)He gave them the lands of the [a]Gentiles,
And they inherited the labor of the nations,

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  1. Psalm 105:44 nations

44 he gave them the lands of the nations,(A)
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled(B) for—

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42 For He remembered (A)His holy promise,
And Abraham His servant.

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42 For he remembered his holy promise(A)
    given to his servant Abraham.

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“You are the Lord God,
Who chose (A)Abram,
And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
And gave him the name (B)Abraham;
You found his heart (C)faithful before You,
And made a (D)covenant with him
To give the land of the Canaanites,
The Hittites, the Amorites,
The Perizzites, the Jebusites,
And the Girgashites—
To give it to his descendants.
You (E)have performed Your words,
For You are righteous.

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“You are the Lord God, who chose Abram(A) and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans(B) and named him Abraham.(C) You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites.(D) You have kept your promise(E) because you are righteous.(F)

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15 for all the land which you see (A)I give to you and (B)your [a]descendants forever. 16 And (C)I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”

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  1. Genesis 13:15 Lit. seed

15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring[a] forever.(A) 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.(B) 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land,(C) for I am giving it to you.”(D)

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  1. Genesis 13:15 Or seed; also in verse 16

11 Saying, (A)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”

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11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(A)
    as the portion you will inherit.”(B)

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(A)Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, (B)“To your [a]descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an (C)altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

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  1. Genesis 12:7 Lit. seed

28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was (A)Sarai,[a] and the name of Nahor’s wife, (B)Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 But (C)Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 And Terah (D)took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from (E)Ur of the Chaldeans to go to (F)the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.

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  1. Genesis 11:29 Sarah, Gen. 17:15

28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans,(A) in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and Nahor(B) both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,(C) and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah;(D) she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.(E)

31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(F) son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law(G) Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans(H) to go to Canaan.(I) But when they came to Harran,(J) they settled there.

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