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Acts 7:4

So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΤότεToteThenG5119 →
ἐξελθὼνexelthōnhaving gone outG1831 →
ἐκekfromG1537 →
γῆςgēs[the] landG1093 →
ΧαλδαίωνChaldaiōnof ChaldeansG5466 →
κατῴκησενkatōkēsenhe dweltG2730 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
Χαρράν·CharranHaran;G5488 →
κἀκεῖθενkakeithenAnd from thereG2532 →G1564 →
μετὰmetaafterG3326 →
τὸto<the>G3588 →
ἀποθανεῖνapothaneindyingG599 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
πατέραpaterafatherG3962 →
αὐτοῦautouof himG846 →
μετῴκισενmetōkisenHe removedG3351 →
αὐτὸνautonhimG846 →
εἰςeisintoG1519 →
τὴνtēn<the>G3588 →
γῆνgēnlandG1093 →
ταύτηνtautēnthisG3778 →
εἰςeisinG1519 →
ἣνhēnwhichG3739 →
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771 →
νῦνnunnowG3568 →
κατοικεῖτε,katoikeitedwell,G2730 →

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Genesis 12:4–5So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.Genesis 11:31–32And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.Genesis 12:5And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,Genesis 29:4“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.Isaiah 41:9I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.Isaiah 41:2Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.Ezekiel 27:23Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.2 Kings 19:12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?Jeremiah 50:1This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:Isaiah 23:13Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.Ezekiel 23:23the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.

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