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and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’

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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.

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.

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Commentary

10 notes on this verse
And said unto him - How long this was said before he went is not recorded. Moses simply says that God had commanded him to go, Gen 12:1. Thy kindred - Thy relatives, or family connections. It seems that “Terah” went with him as far as to Haran; but Abraham was apprised that he was to leave his family and to go almost alone. Into the land ... - The country was yet unknown. The place was to be shown him. This is presented in the New Testament as a strong instance of faith, Heb 11:8-

This site's exposition

and told him

on Acts 7:3-4

Stephen places God's call before the move to Haran, and says Abraham left Haran after his father died. The speech's concern is a promise held by a landless sojourner.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers3 voices

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts · Written before 550.

proposed

In another way. See how he leads them away from bodily things, and meanwhile from place, attributing glory to God, not to place. For he himself is the source of glory, not in need of the glory which is by us through the temple. But …

A commentator

John Cassian

CONFERENCE 3.6.2 · Written before 435.

proposed

[Paphnutius said,] "We read that the Lord commanded Abraham to do these three things all at once when he said to him, 'Leave your country and your kinsfolk and your father's house.' " First he spoke of "your country," namely, of the resources of this world and of earthly wealth; second, of "your kinsfolk," namely, of the former way of life and behavior and vices that have been related to us from our birth by a connection as it were of a certain affinity or consanguinity; third, of "your father's house," namely, of every vestige of this world which the eyes gaze upon.

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 15 · Written before 407.

proposed

"And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into a land which I shall show thee." "And from thy kindred." How then saith the Scripture, that Abraham's father was willing to go out? Hence we learn, that it was in consequence of Abraham's vision, that his father was moved to join in the migration. "Get thee out of thy kindred." Here he shows how far these men are from being children of Abraham, how obedient he was. "And from thy kindred." Uncomfortable reflections, both, that he endured the labors, while ye reap the fruits, and that all your ancestors were in evil case.

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Acts · Written before 735.

proposed

"Leave your country and your kindred and come into the land I will show you." Then he left the land, etc. The land and kindred of Abraham refers to the homeland and race of the Chaldeans, from where he had long since left, who now …

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts · Written before 1107.

proposed

"Go out of your land and from your kindred." How then does Scripture say that Abraham's father wished to go out (see Gen. 11:31), while here it says that Abraham was told "go out of your land"? From this we conclude that the appearance of …
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And said unto him,....

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He applies this to those that prosecuted him, and sat in judgment upon him, sharply reproving them for their wickedness, by which they had brought upon themselves the ruin of their place and nation, and then could not bear to hear of it,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It is the glory of absolutely free grace. appeared unto our father Abraham before he dwelt in Charran, and said, &c.--Though this first call is not expressly recorded in Genesis, it is clearly implied in Ge 15:7 and Ne 9:7; and the Jewish writers speak the same language.

The words behind it

23 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Genesis 12:1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.7 worksHebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.4 worksGenesis 15:7The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”3 worksJoshua 24:3But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,3 worksMatthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;2 worksLuke 14:33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”2 worksNehemiah 9:8You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.2 worksGenesis 13:14–17After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 12:1

    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 11:8

      By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

    • Nehemiah 9:7

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

    • Acts 7:2–6

      And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

    • Isaiah 51:2

      Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

  • Through

    Matthew 10:37

    Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

    it leads to

    • Luke 14:26

      “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

    • Matthew 22:37

      Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

  • Through

    Hebrews 11:8

    By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

    it leads to

    • Acts 7:2–4

      And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 12:1–4

      Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

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The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on Acts; Bede, Commentary on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Cassian, CONFERENCE 3.6.2; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 15; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.

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