“You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and renamed him Abraham.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
- KJV Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
- BSB You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
- NKJV “You are the Lord God, Who chose Abram, And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, And gave him the name Abraham;
- NASB “You are the Lord God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.
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Quick answer
God chose Abram, brought him out of Ur, and renamed him Abraham. It matters because Israel's history rests on God's gracious, electing initiative.
Overview
The prayer moves from creation to covenant, recalling that God sovereignly chose and called Abram. Salvation history begins with divine grace, not human merit. This electing love finds its goal in Christ, the promised seed of Abraham, through whom all nations are blessed (Galatians 3:16).
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Cross-references · 9
- Gen 11:31Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
- Gen 17:5Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
- Isa 51:2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
- Acts 7:2–4He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- Josh 24:2–3Joshua said to all the people, “Yahweh says, the God of Israel, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
- Gen 12:1–2Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.
- Gen 15:7He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
- Isa 41:8–9“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,
- Deut 10:15Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.
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