Acts 7:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:

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  • Gen 12:4-5 : 4 So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 11:31-32 : 31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time. 32 And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
  • Isa 41:2 : 2 Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.
  • Isa 41:9 : 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 7:2-3
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    2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

    3 And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.

  • Gen 15:7-8
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    7 And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.

    8 And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?

  • 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

  • Acts 7:5-6
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    5 And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.

    6 And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

  • 31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.

  • 3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

  • 1 Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 13:17-18
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    17 Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.

    18 And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

  • 7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

  • Gen 11:27-28
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    27 These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.

    28 And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.

  • 7 You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;

  • Gen 12:4-7
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    4 So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.

    5 And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

    6 And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.

    7 And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

  • 27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

  • Heb 11:8-9
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    8 By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

    9 By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:

  • 4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Gen 26:2-3
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    2 And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

  • 1 And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.

  • Gen 15:4-5
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    4 Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.

    5 And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

  • 4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

  • 3 And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

  • 10 So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

  • 13 I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

  • 17 But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

  • 4 Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.

  • 13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.