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
Genesis 12:1-4
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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. 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
Acts 7:2-3
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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
Psalm 127:3
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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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Genesis 15:5
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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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