² And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, ^(A)your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates,^[a] Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and ^(B)they served other gods.

^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.