12 (A)Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, (B)Gozan, (C)Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?

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31 Terah (A)took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together (B)from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.

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And Stephen said:

(A)“Brothers and fathers, hear me. (B)The God (C)of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, (D)before he lived in Haran,

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12 (A)Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, (B)Gozan, (C)Haran, Rezeph, and the people of (D)Eden who were in Telassar?

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11 The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and put them in (A)Halah, and on the (B)Habor, (C)the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

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The Fall of Israel

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria (A)captured Samaria, (B)and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria (C)and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of (D)Gozan, and in the cities of (E)the Medes.

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I will (A)break the gate-bar of (B)Damascus,
    and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of (C)Aven,[a]
and him who holds the scepter from (D)Beth-eden;
    and the people of (E)Syria shall go into exile to (F)Kir,”
says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:5 Or On

13 You were in (A)Eden, the garden of God;
    (B)every precious stone was your covering,
(C)sardius, topaz, and diamond,
    beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[a] (D)emerald, and carbuncle;
    and crafted in gold were your settings
    and your engravings.[b]
(E)On the day that you were created
    they were prepared.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:13 Or lapis lazuli
  2. Ezekiel 28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain

23 (A)Haran, Canneh, (B)Eden, traders of Sheba, (C)Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.

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(A)“To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
    and compare me, that we may be alike?
(B)Those who lavish gold from the purse,
    and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
    (C)then they fall down and worship!
(D)They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
    they set it in its place, and it stands there;
    (E)it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
    or save him from his trouble.

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20 (A)Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”

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Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, (A)“We are from Haran.”

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Jacob's Dream

10 Jacob left (A)Beersheba and went toward (B)Haran.

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14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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The Call of Abram

12 Now (A)the Lord said[a] to Abram, “Go from your country[b] and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. (B)And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. (C)I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and (D)in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[c]

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from (E)Haran.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:1 Or had said
  2. Genesis 12:1 Or land
  3. Genesis 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves

And the Lord God planted a (A)garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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