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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/nehemiah/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and renamed him Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/nehemiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou <i>art</i> the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“You <i>are</i> the LORD God, Who chose Abram, And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, And gave him the name Abraham;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Thou art the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You are Yahweh God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/nehemiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/nehemiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You, the LORD, are the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and changed his name to Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and changed his name to Abraham. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/nehemiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/nehemiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are the LORD our God, the one who chose Abram--you brought him from Ur in Babylonia and named him Abraham. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/nehemiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/nehemiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram and took him from Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/nehemiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You, LORD God, chose Abram and led him out of Ur in Babylonia; you changed his name to Abraham. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/nehemiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, whom you brought from Ur of the Chaldeans and to whom you gave the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/nehemiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/nehemiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"You are the LORD God who chose Abram and brought him forth from Ur of the Chaldeans. You changed his name to Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/nehemiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur Kasdim, and gave him the name of Abraham,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/nehemiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou art the LORD the God, who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth from Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/nehemiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You [are] He, O YHWH God, "" Who fixed on Abraham, "" And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, "" And made his name Abraham,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/nehemiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou art He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/nehemiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou thyself Jehovah the God who chose in Abram, and thou broughtest him from Ur of the Chaldees, and didst set his name Abraham.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/nehemiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You yourself, O Lord God, are the One who chose Abram. And you led him away from the fire of the Chaldeans, and you gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You are the LORD God who chose Abram, Who brought him from Ur of the Chaldees, who named him Abraham. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou art the LORD, the God who didst choose Abram and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst change his name to Abraham;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You are LORD JEHOVAH God who had chosen Abram, and you brought him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and you changed his name to Abraham.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/nehemiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/nehemiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou art the Lord God, thou didst choose Abram, and broughtest him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraam:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=2348" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/9.htm">The People Confess Their Sins</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh- (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">are the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: bā·ḥar·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">chose</a> <a href="/hebrew/87.htm" title="87: bə·’aḇ·rām (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- Exalted father, the original name of Abraham. Contracted from 'Abiyram; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham.">Abram,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·hō·w·ṣê·ṯōw (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">who brought him</a> <a href="/hebrew/218.htm" title="218: mê·’ūr (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Ur -- a city in southern Babylon. The same as 'uwr; Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite.">out of Ur</a> <a href="/hebrew/3778.htm" title="3778: kaś·dîm (N-proper-mp) -- A region of S. Bab. and its inhab. (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah; towards the Kasdites.">of the Chaldeans</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wə·śam·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and gave him</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">the name</a> <a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: ’aḇ·rā·hām (N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">Abraham.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Genesis 15:7</a></span><br />The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">Genesis 17:5</a></span><br />No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a></span><br />And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">Genesis 13:14-17</a></span><br />After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west, / for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever. / I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17-18</a></span><br />I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3-4</a></span><br />Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. / I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13-14</a></span><br />And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4</a></span><br />I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-3.htm">Joshua 24:3</a></span><br />But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Isaiah 51:2</a></span><br />Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Acts 7:2-4</a></span><br />And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, / and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ / So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-1.htm">Romans 4:1-3</a></span><br />What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered? / If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. / For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-6.htm">Galatians 3:6-9</a></span><br />So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” / Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. / The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Hebrews 11:8-10</a></span><br />By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. / By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. / For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You are the LORD the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;</p><p class="hdg">choose</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1,2</a></b></br> 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 shew thee: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Deuteronomy 10:15</a></b></br> Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, <i>even</i> you above all people, as <i>it is</i> this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2,3</a></b></br> And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, <i>even</i> Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods… </p><p class="hdg">Ur</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a></b></br> And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Genesis 15:7</a></b></br> And he said unto him, I <i>am</i> the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Acts 7:2-4</a></b></br> 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, … </p><p class="hdg">gavest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">Genesis 17:5</a></b></br> Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/30-6.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-27.htm">Abram</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-2.htm">Broughtest</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-26.htm">Chalde'ans</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">Chaldees</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-3.htm">Chose</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm">Fix</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-16.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm">Gavest</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-31.htm">Guiding</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-35.htm">Ur</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/47-9.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Abram</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Broughtest</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Chalde'ans</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Chaldees</a> <a href="/job/7-15.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/esther/3-7.htm">Chose</a> <a href="/job/14-3.htm">Fix</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Gavest</a> <a href="/job/29-25.htm">Guiding</a> <a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Ur</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">A solemn fast, and repentance of the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">The Levites make a confession of God's goodness, and their wickedness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The use of "LORD" (YHWH) signifies the personal name of God, highlighting His eternal and self-existent nature. This is a reminder of God's faithfulness and His role as the divine ruler over all creation, as seen in <a href="/exodus/3-14.htm">Exodus 3:14-15</a> where God reveals His name to Moses.<p><b>who chose Abram</b><br>God's choice of Abram (later Abraham) is a foundational moment in biblical history, marking the beginning of the covenant relationship with the Hebrew people. This divine election is an act of grace, not based on Abram's merit, as seen in <a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>. It underscores the theme of God's sovereign will in choosing individuals for His purposes, a concept echoed in the New Testament in passages like <a href="/romans/8-29.htm">Romans 8:29-30</a>.<p><b>who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans</b><br>Ur was an ancient city in Mesopotamia, known for its advanced culture and idolatry. God's call to Abram to leave Ur (<a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31, 12</a>:1) signifies a break from his past and the idolatrous practices of his homeland. This journey symbolizes a spiritual pilgrimage towards a life of faith and obedience. Archaeological discoveries have confirmed Ur's historical significance, providing context for Abram's departure.<p><b>and gave him the name Abraham</b><br>The change from Abram to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">Genesis 17:5</a>) signifies a transformation in identity and purpose. "Abram" means "exalted father," while "Abraham" means "father of many nations," reflecting God's promise to make him the progenitor of a multitude of descendants. This name change is a prophetic act, foreshadowing the fulfillment of God's covenant and the coming of the Messiah, through whom all nations would be blessed (<a href="/galatians/3-8.htm">Galatians 3:8, 16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The LORD God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator and covenant-keeping God of Israel, who initiates and fulfills His promises.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/abram/abraham.htm">Abram/Abraham</a></b><br>Originally named Abram, he was chosen by God to be the father of many nations and was later renamed Abraham, signifying his role in God's covenant.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/ur_of_the_chaldeans.htm">Ur of the Chaldeans</a></b><br>An ancient city in Mesopotamia, from which God called Abram to leave and journey to the land He would show him.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_chosen.htm">The Chosen</a></b><br>The act of God selecting Abram signifies His sovereign choice and the beginning of His covenant relationship with Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/n/name_change.htm">Name Change</a></b><br>The transformation from Abram to Abraham symbolizes a new identity and purpose in God's plan.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_choice.htm">God's Sovereign Choice</a></b><br>God initiates His plans and purposes by choosing individuals according to His will, as seen in His selection of Abram.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_call.htm">Obedience to God's Call</a></b><br>Abram's response to God's call serves as a model of faith and obedience, leaving behind the familiar to follow God's leading.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_and_identity.htm">Transformation and Identity</a></b><br>The change from Abram to Abraham signifies a new identity in God's covenant, reminding us of the transformative power of God's call in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>Abraham's journey exemplifies trusting in God's promises, even when the path is uncertain, encouraging believers to hold fast to God's word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faith.htm">Legacy of Faith</a></b><br>Abraham's faithfulness impacts generations, illustrating how our obedience to God can have lasting effects beyond our lifetime.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_events'_chronological_order.htm">What is the chronological order of events in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_genesis_15's_land_tie_to_abram.htm">How does Genesis 15's concept of land inheritance reconcile with the lack of conclusive archaeological evidence for Abram's personal journey?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_jesus_the_same_person_as_god.htm">What does the term 'Promised Land' refer to?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_events_in_abraham's_life.htm">What are the key events in Abraham's life?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 7-31.</span> - Compare with this long historical <span class="accented">resume</span> the still longer ones in <a href="/psalms/78-5.htm">Psalm 78:5-72</a> and <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Acts 7:2-47</a>. God's dealings with his people furnished a moral lesson of extraordinary force, and moral teachers, naturally, made frequent reference to them. But it is not often that we have so complete and elaborate a recapitulation as the present, which, beginning with the call of Abraham, brings the history down to the time of the Persian servitude. God's goodness and his people's ingratitude form the burthen of the whole. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּה־</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">chose</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּחַ֙רְתָּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḥar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Abram,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַבְרָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’aḇ·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_87.htm">Strong's 87: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who brought him</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהוֹצֵאת֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hō·w·ṣê·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">out of Ur</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵא֣וּר</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_218.htm">Strong's 218: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ur -- a city in southern Babylon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Chaldeans</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(kaś·dîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chaldeans -- a region of southern Babylon and its inhab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and gave him</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשַׂ֥מְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·śam·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the name</span><br /><span class="heb">שְּׁמ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Abraham.</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבְרָהָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’aḇ·rā·hām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 9:7 You are Yahweh the God who did (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/9-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 9:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 9:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>