Joshua 24:2-4
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
2 Joshua said to all the people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Long ago your ancestors, including Terah,(A) the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River Euphrates and worshipped other gods. 3 But I took your father Abraham from the region beyond the River Euphrates, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants.(B) I gave him Isaac,(C) 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.(D) I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession.(E)
‘ “Jacob and his sons, however, went down to Egypt.(F)
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Joshua 24:2-4
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 And Joshua said to all the people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor—lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods. 3 Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac; 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
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