Joshua 24:3

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“I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring,or, seed and gave him Isaac.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Abraham

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Genesis 12:1-4 "Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you."
Acts 7:2-3 "He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in H…"
Genesis 21:2-3 "Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him."
Psalms 127:3 "Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward."
Genesis 15:5 "Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “S…"
Nehemiah 9:7-8 "You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,"

Commentary

I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan--It was an irresistible impulse of divine grace which led the patriarch to leave his country and relatives, to migrate to Canaan, and live a "stranger and pilgrim" in that land.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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