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Joshua addressed all the people: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: In times past your ancestors, down to Terah,(A) father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River[a] and served other gods. But I brought your father Abraham from the region beyond the River and led him through the entire land of Canaan.(B) I made his descendants numerous, and gave him Isaac.

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  1. 24:2 Beyond the River: east of the Euphrates; cf. Gn 11:28–31.

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

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Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor,(A) lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.(B) But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him throughout Canaan(C) and gave him many descendants.(D) I gave him Isaac,(E)

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