Joshua 24:3
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3 But I brought your father Abraham from the region beyond the River and led him through the entire land of Canaan.(A) I made his descendants numerous, and gave him Isaac.
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Nehemiah 9:7
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7 (A)You are the Lord God
who chose Abram,
Who brought him from Ur of the Chaldees,
who named him Abraham.
Judith 5:6-9
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6 “These people are descendants of the Chaldeans. 7 They formerly lived in Mesopotamia, for they did not wish to follow the gods of their ancestors who were in the land of the Chaldeans.(A) 8 Since they abandoned the way of their ancestors, and worshiped the God of heaven,[a] the God whom they had come to know, their ancestors expelled them from the presence of their gods. So they fled to Mesopotamia and lived there a long time. 9 Their God told them to leave the place where they were living and go to the land of Canaan. Here they settled, and grew very rich in gold, silver, and a great abundance of livestock.(B)
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Acts 7:4
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4 So he went forth from the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, he made him migrate to this land where you now dwell.(A)
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