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Joshua 24:3 Cross-References
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“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.”
Joshua 24:3 (KJV)
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I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood (וָאֶקַּח אֶת־אֲבִיכֶם אֶת־אַבְרָהָם מֵעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר)—God's rehearsal of redemptive history begins with Abraham's call from me-ever ha-nahar (מֵעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר, from beyond the River), referring to the Euphrates. The verb laqach (לָקַח, to take) emphasizes God's sovereign initiative—Abraham did not seek God; God took Abraham. This counters merit-based religion: salvation originates in divine election, not human decision.Led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed—the verb olech (to lead/walk) with the causative ...
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“Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.,Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:,וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־אַבְרָם לֶךְ־לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ׃ ,Now the LORD said unto Abram: Get thee out of thy country”
“Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,,And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,,,,,,,,,”
“and bore Abraham a son in his old age”
“and said”
“children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.”
“who did choose Abram”