The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
- KJV And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
- NKJV Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
- NASB And He said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it.”
- NLT Then the Lord told him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession.”
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Quick answer
God identified Himself as the One who brought Abram from Ur to give him the land. He grounds the land promise in His past faithfulness.
Overview
The Lord reminds Abram of His prior act of calling and leading him out of Ur, establishing His trustworthiness. This self-introduction parallels how God later identifies Himself as the One who brought Israel out of Egypt. Past deliverance becomes the basis for confidence in future promise, encouraging faith that the God who began His work will complete it.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Gen 12:1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
- Acts 7:2–4And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- Ps 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- Ps 105:42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
- Neh 9:7–8You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
- Gen 13:15–17for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Rom 4:13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Gen 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Ps 105:11“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
- Gen 11:28–31During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
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