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Nehemiah 9:7
“ You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham.
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Genesis 11:27-32
This is the account of Terah’s family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
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Joshua 24:2
Joshua said to all the people,“ This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:‘ Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.
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Genesis 17:5
No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
