Verse 7

You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

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  • Gen 11:31 : 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
  • Gen 17:5 : 5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations.
  • Deut 10:15 : 15 Yet the LORD set His affection on your ancestors and loved them, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.
  • Josh 24:2-3 : 2 Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Long ago, your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods. 3 But I took your ancestor Abraham from beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac.
  • Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend, 9 I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my servant; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.'
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was one person, and I blessed him and made him many.
  • Acts 7:2-4 : 2 Stephen replied: 'Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran. 3 'He said to him, 'Leave your country and your relatives and come to the land that I will show you.' 4 So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him to this land where you are now living.
  • Gen 12:1-2 : 1 The Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your land, your birthplace, and your father's household to the land that I will show you." 2 And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
  • Gen 15:7 : 7 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."