Joshua 24:3
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3 (A)Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River[a] and (B)led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. (C)I gave him Isaac.
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- Joshua 24:3 That is, the Euphrates; also verses 14, 15
Joshua 24:3
New International Version
3 But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him throughout Canaan(A) and gave him many descendants.(B) I gave him Isaac,(C)
Genesis 12:1-4
English Standard Version
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. 2 (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. 3 (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]
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 (E)Haran.
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- Genesis 12:1 Or had said
- Genesis 12:1 Or land
- Genesis 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
Genesis 12:1-4
New International Version
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)
2 “I will make you into a great nation,(D)
and I will bless you;(E)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a](F)
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;(G)
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.(H)”[b]
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot(I) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old(J) when he set out from Harran.(K)
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- Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
- Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
Acts 7:2-3
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Acts 7:2-3
New International Version
2 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) 3 ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a](D)
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- Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1
Genesis 21:2-3
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2 And Sarah (A)conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age (B)at the time of which God had spoken to him. 3 Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, (C)Isaac.[a]
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- Genesis 21:3 Isaac means he laughs
Genesis 21:2-3
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2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son(A) to Abraham in his old age,(B) at the very time God had promised him.(C) 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac[a](D) to the son Sarah bore him.
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- Genesis 21:3 Isaac means he laughs.
Psalm 127:3
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Psalm 127:3
New International Version
3 Children are a heritage from the Lord,
offspring a reward(A) from him.
Nehemiah 9:7-8
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7 You are the Lord, the God (A)who chose Abram and brought him out of (B)Ur of the Chaldeans (C)and gave him the name Abraham. 8 (D)You found his heart faithful before you, (E)and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring (F)the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. (G)And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.
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Nehemiah 9:7-8
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7 “You are the Lord God, who chose Abram(A) and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans(B) and named him Abraham.(C) 8 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)
Genesis 15:5
English Standard Version
5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and (A)number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, (B)“So shall your offspring be.”
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Genesis 15:5
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5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)
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- Genesis 15:5 Or seed
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