Acts 7:3

and said to him, Go forth from thy country and from (being) with the sons of thy family, and come to the land that I will show thee.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

In Context

2But he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hear! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was between the rivers, he had not yet come to dwell in Charan,

4Then went forth Abraham from the land of the Kaldoyee, and came and dwelt in Charan: and from thence, his father being dead, Aloha caused him to pass into this land in which you dwell to-day.

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Cross References

Luke 14:33So every one of you who doth not leave all his possession, cannot be unto me a disciple.

Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called, heard that he was to go forth to a place which he should receive for an inheritance; and he went out, while he knew not whither he was going.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 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, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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