Acts 7:2

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

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  • Gen 11:31 : 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
  • Ps 29:3 : 3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters.
  • Acts 22:1 : 1 Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you.
  • Neh 9:7 : 7 Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham,
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
  • Gen 15:7 : 7 And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Rev 4:11 : 11 Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.
  • Rev 5:12-13 : 12 saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing. 13 And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things are in them, heard I saying, Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, [be] the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever.
  • Gen 29:4 : 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
  • Josh 24:2 : 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt 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 : 1 Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:
  • Gen 12:5 : 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
  • Isa 6:3 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one] .
  • Luke 2:14 : 14 Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased.
  • John 12:41 : 41 These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of him.
  • Ps 24:7 : 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in.
  • Ps 24:10 : 10 Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, He is the King of glory. {{Selah
  • Acts 23:7 : 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.
  • 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them] . 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

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    3and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.

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    5and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

  • Gen 12:1
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    1Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:

  • Gen 12:6-7
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    6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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    7Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham,

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    32I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

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    10for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.

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    26Serug, Nahor, Terah,

    27Abram (the same is Abraham).

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    3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

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    73The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father,

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  • Gen 24:7
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    7Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.

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    17But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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    1And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

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    15And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,

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    6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.

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    12But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

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    17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.

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    1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh?

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    1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

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    11And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here I am.