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Acts 7:3

Guidance and decisionsFaith

1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

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

4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

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

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BSB
and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
KJV
And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
WEB
and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
ASV
and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
DARBY
and said to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew thee.
BLB
and He said to him, ‘Go out of your country and from your kindred, and come into the land that I will show to you.’
ÅB
og sa til ham: Dra ut fra ditt land og fra din slekt, og gå til det land som jeg vil vise deg!
OTB
Og Han instruerte ham: ‘Forlat ditt land og din slekt, og dra til det landet jeg vil vise deg.’
B1930
og sa til ham: Dra ut fra ditt land og fra din slekt, og gå til det land som jeg vil vise dig!

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  • Genesis 12:1

    Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

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  • Hebrews 11:8

    By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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  • Genesis 15:7

    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.

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  • Joshua 24:3

    And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

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  • Luke 14:33

    So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

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  • Nehemiah 9:8

    And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:17

    Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

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  • Matthew 10:37

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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