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Genesis 15:7

The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֵלָ֑יו'e.Lavto himH413 →
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
הוֹצֵאתִ֙יךָ֙ho.tze.Ti.khaI brought out youH3318 →
מֵא֣וּרme.'Urfrom UrH218 →
כַּשְׂדִּ֔יםkas.Dimof [the] ChaldeansH3778 →
לָ֧תֶתLa.tetto giveH5414 →
לְךָ֛le.Khato <the> you
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.Tahto take possession of itH3423 →

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Malachi 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.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.Genesis 11:31And 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.Acts 7:2–4And 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,Exodus 32:13Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Genesis 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”Nehemiah 9:7–8You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.Psalms 105:42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.Genesis 13:15–17for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,Acts 7:2And 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,Acts 7:3and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’Genesis 11:28During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.Psalms 105:11“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Ezekiel 47:14You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

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