Isaiah 37:12
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12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my predecessors destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?(A)
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Genesis 11:31
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31 Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot son of Haran and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.(A)
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Acts 7:2
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2 And Stephen replied:
“Brothers[a] and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,(A)
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- 7.2 Gk Men, brothers
2 Kings 19:12
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12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my predecessors destroyed: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?(A)
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2 Kings 18:11
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11 The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and settled them in Halah, on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,(A)
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2 Kings 17:6
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6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria; he carried the Israelites away to Assyria. He placed them in Halah, on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.(A)
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Amos 1:5
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5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven
and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden,
and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir,
says the Lord.(A)
Ezekiel 28:13
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13 You were in Eden, the garden of God;
every precious stone was your covering,
carnelian, chrysolite, and moonstone,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[a] turquoise, and emerald;
and worked in gold were your settings
and your engravings.[b]
On the day that you were created
they were prepared.(A)
Ezekiel 27:23
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23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.(A)
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Isaiah 46:5-7
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5 To whom will you liken me and make me equal
and compare me, as though we were alike?(A)
6 Those who lavish gold from the purse
and weigh out silver in the scales—
they hire a goldsmith, who makes it into a god;
then they fall down and worship!(B)
7 They lift it to their shoulders; they carry it;
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
it cannot move from its place.
If one cries out to it, it does not answer
or save anyone from trouble.(C)
Isaiah 36:20
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20 Who among all the gods of these countries have delivered their countries out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?”(A)
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Genesis 29:4
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4 Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”(A)
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Genesis 28:10
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Genesis 12:14
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14 When Abram entered Egypt the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
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Genesis 12:1-4
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The Call of Abram
12 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.(A) 2 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.(B) 3 I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[a](C)
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.(D)
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- 12.3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
Genesis 2:8
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8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.(A)
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