So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
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- WEB Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.
- KJV Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
- NKJV Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.
- NASB Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living.
- NLT So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran until his father died. Then God brought him here to the land where you now live.
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Abraham, obeying, journeys through Haran into the land where the listeners now dwell. God faithfully leads His called servant step by step.
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Stephen traces Abraham's pilgrimage to show God's guiding hand in placing Israel in the land. He underscores that the land was a gift of promise, not a possession Abraham seized. The history prepares the point that God's purposes are larger than the land or any single sacred site.
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- Gen 12:4–5So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
- Gen 11:31–32And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- Isa 41:9I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
- Isa 41:2Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
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