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After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living. <a href="/nlt/acts/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran until his father died. Then God brought him here to the land where you now live. <a href="/esv/acts/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living. <a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Then having gone out from the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran. And from there, after his father died, He removed him into this land in which you now dwell. <a href="/kjv/acts/7.htm">King James Bible</a> Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. <a href="/nkjv/acts/7.htm">New King James Version</a> Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. <a href="/nasb_/acts/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living. <a href="/nasb/acts/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living. <a href="/nasb77/acts/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God removed him into this country in which you are now living. <a href="/lsb/acts/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living. <a href="/amp/acts/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God sent him to this country in which you now live. <a href="/csb/acts/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this land in which you are now living. <a href="/hcsb/acts/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this land you now live in. <a href="/asv/acts/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then came he out of the land of the Chald锟絘ns, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, God removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell: <a href="/cev/acts/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, Abraham came and settled in this land where you now live. <a href="/erv/acts/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, God removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell: <a href="/gwt/acts/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Then Abraham left the country of Chaldea and lived in the city of Haran. After his father died, God made him move from there to this land where we now live. <a href="/gnt/acts/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> And so he left his country and went to live in Haran. After Abraham's father died, God made him move to this land where you now live. <a href="/isv/acts/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> So he left the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. Then after the death of his father, God had him move to this country where you now live. <a href="/msb/acts/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/acts/7.htm">NET Bible</a> Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live. <a href="/nheb/acts/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then he came out of the land of the Kasdim, and lived in Haran. From there, after his father died, he moved him into this land, where you are now living. <a href="/wbt/acts/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran. And from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell. <a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Thereupon he left Chaldaea and settled in Haran till after the death of his father, when God caused him to remove into this country where you now live. <a href="/web/acts/7.htm">World English Bible</a> Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from there, after the death of his father, He removed him to this land wherein you now dwell, <a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Then having gone out from the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran. And from there, after his father died, He removed him into this land in which you now dwell. <a href="/ylt/acts/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell, <a href="/slt/acts/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Then having come out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Charran: and thence, after his father died, he transplanted him into this land, in which ye now dwell.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Then he went out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charan. And from thence, after his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell. <a href="/cpdv/acts/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then he went away from the land of the Chaldeans, and he lived at Haran. And later, after his father was dead, God brought him into this land, in which you now dwell. <a href="/nabre/acts/7.htm">New American Bible</a> 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 href="/nrsvce/acts/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then he left the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God had him move from there to this country in which you are now living.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then Abraham left the land of the Chalde’ans and he came and settled in Ha’ran and from thence, after his father’s death, God removed him into this land in which you now live. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And then Abraham went out from the land of the Chaldeans and came and dwelt in Haran, and from there, when his father had died, God removed him to this land in which you dwell today.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran; and thence, after his father died, he removed into this land, in which you now dwell. <a href="/godbey/acts/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And after his father died he migrated himself thence into this country in which you now dwell, <a href="/haweis/acts/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans, and, dwelt in Charran: and from thence, after his father was dead, God removed him as a sojourner into this very country, in which we now dwell. <a href="/mace/acts/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a> thereupon he went out of Chaldea, and dwelt in Charran: from thence, after his father's death, he removed him to this very country where you now dwell. <a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Thereupon he left Chaldaea and settled in Haran till after the death of his father, when God caused him to remove into this country where you now live. <a href="/worrell/acts/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Then, having come forth out of the land of the Chaldaeans, he dwelt in Haran; and, from thence, after his father died, He removed him into this land, in which ye now dwell; <a href="/worsley/acts/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, after his father died, He removed him into this land in which ye now dwell: <a href="/parallel/acts/7-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=1793" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin</a> …3and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ 4<a href="/greek/5119.htm" title="5119: tote (Adv) -- Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.">So</a> <a href="/greek/1831.htm" title="1831: exelthōn (V-APA-NMS) -- To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.">Abraham left</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out."></a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: gēs (N-GFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">the land</a> <a href="/greek/5466.htm" title="5466: Chaldaiōn (N-GMP) -- A Chaldean. Probably of Hebrew or; a Chaldoean, or native or the region of the lower Euphrates.">of the Chaldeans</a> <a href="/greek/2730.htm" title="2730: katōkēsen (V-AIA-3S) -- To dwell in, settle in, be established in (permanently), inhabit. From kata and oikeo; to house permanently, i.e. Reside.">and settled</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/5488.htm" title="5488: Charran (N-DFS) -- Haran. Of Hebrew origin; Charrhan, a place in Mesopotamia.">Haran.</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">After</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">his</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: patera (N-AMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">father</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/599.htm" title="599: apothanein (V-ANA) -- To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.">died,</a> <a href="/greek/3351.htm" title="3351: metōkisen (V-AIA-3S) -- From the same as metoikesia; to transfer as a settler or captive, i.e colonize or exile.">God brought</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">him</a> <a href="/greek/2547.htm" title="2547: kakeithen (Conj) -- And thence, and from there; and then afterwards. From kai and ekeithen; likewise from that place.">out of that place</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">and into</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: tautēn (DPro-AFS) -- This; he, she, it. ">this</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: gēn (N-AFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">land</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hēn (RelPro-AFS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">where</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/3568.htm" title="3568: nyn (Adv) -- A primary particle of present time; now; also as noun or adjective present or immediate.">are now</a> <a href="/greek/2730.htm" title="2730: katoikeite (V-PIA-2P) -- To dwell in, settle in, be established in (permanently), inhabit. From kata and oikeo; to house permanently, i.e. Reside.">living.</a> 5He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-4</a> 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.” ... <a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31-32</a> 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. / Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran. <a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Genesis 15:7</a> 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.” <a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Hebrews 11:8-9</a> 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. <a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a> And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.” <a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7</a> You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2-3</a> And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods. / 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, <a href="/genesis/24-7.htm">Genesis 24:7</a> The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there. <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13</a> 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. <a href="/genesis/35-12.htm">Genesis 35:12</a> The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.” <a href="/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1-4</a> So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. / And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob. / “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. ... <a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Genesis 50:24</a> Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” <a href="/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4</a> I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm">Deuteronomy 1:8</a> See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.” <a href="/deuteronomy/26-3.htm">Deuteronomy 26:3</a> to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelled in Charran: and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell.came.<a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31,32</a> 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… <a href="/genesis/12-4.htm">Genesis 12:4,5</a> So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran… <a href="/isaiah/41-2.htm">Isaiah 41:2,9</a> Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/19-15.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-16.htm">Chaldaea</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Chaldaeans</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-15.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Charran</a> <a href="/acts/5-30.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/acts/5-33.htm">Death</a> <a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/acts/5-10.htm">Died</a> <a href="/acts/4-16.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/luke/4-1.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Haran</a> <a href="/luke/14-10.htm">Move</a> <a href="/acts/4-31.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/john/17-15.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/john/20-1.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/john/11-54.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/john/12-28.htm">Thereupon</a> <a href="/acts/4-31.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/10-40.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-10.htm">Chaldaea</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">Chaldaeans</a> <a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Charran</a> <a href="/acts/10-40.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/acts/7-28.htm">Death</a> <a href="/acts/9-17.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/acts/7-15.htm">Died</a> <a href="/acts/7-48.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/acts/9-22.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/acts/9-8.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Haran</a> <a href="/acts/17-28.htm">Move</a> <a href="/acts/7-9.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/acts/7-43.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/acts/7-16.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/acts/7-29.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/acts/13-4.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/acts/15-22.htm">Thereupon</a> <a href="/acts/10-12.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 7</div>1. <a href="/acts/7-1.htm">Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,</a> 2. <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,</a> 20. <a href="/acts/7-20.htm">before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;</a> 37. <a href="/acts/7-37.htm">that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;</a> 44. <a href="/acts/7-44.htm">and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;</a> 51. <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.</a> 54. <a href="/acts/7-54.htm">Whereupon they stone Stephen to death, </a> 59. <a href="/acts/7-59.htm">who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.</a> </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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans This phrase refers to Abraham's departure from Ur of the Chaldeans, a region in ancient Mesopotamia, which is modern-day southern Iraq. Ur was a significant city known for its advanced culture and idolatry, which Abraham was called to leave behind. This departure signifies a break from pagan practices and a step of faith in obedience to God's call (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1</a>). It marks the beginning of Abraham's journey as the father of the nation of Israel, highlighting the theme of faith and obedience that runs throughout Scripture (<a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Hebrews 11:8</a>).and settled in Haran. Haran is located in modern-day Turkey, and it served as a temporary dwelling place for Abraham and his family. This city was a major trade center and shared cultural similarities with Ur, including the worship of the moon god. Abraham's stay in Haran represents a transitional period before fully entering the Promised Land. It underscores the patience and timing of God's promises, as Abraham waited for further direction (<a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a>).After his father died, Terah, Abraham's father, died in Haran at the age of 205 (<a href="/genesis/11-32.htm">Genesis 11:32</a>). This event marks a turning point in Abraham's journey, as he was then free to continue to Canaan, the land God promised to him and his descendants. The death of Terah can symbolize the end of old ties and the beginning of a new chapter in God's redemptive plan.God brought him out of that place This phrase emphasizes God's active role in guiding Abraham. It was not merely Abraham's decision but a divine calling and leading. God's sovereignty and faithfulness are highlighted, as He fulfills His promises and directs the steps of those who trust in Him (<a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a>). This act of God bringing Abraham out is a type of salvation, foreshadowing how God delivers His people from sin and leads them to spiritual inheritance.and into this land where you are now living. The land referred to is Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>). This land is central to the biblical narrative, representing God's covenant and faithfulness. It is the same land where the audience of Stephen's speech in <a href="/acts/7.htm">Acts 7</a> is residing, connecting the past promises to their present reality. The land of Canaan is a type of the eternal inheritance believers have in Christ, pointing to the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises in the new heavens and new earth (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a> The central figure in this verse, Abraham is the patriarch of the Israelites, known for his faith and obedience to God. His journey from the land of the Chaldeans to Haran and then to Canaan is a significant part of biblical history. 2. <a href="/topical/l/land_of_the_chaldeans.htm">Land of the Chaldeans</a> This refers to the region in ancient Mesopotamia, often associated with Ur, where Abraham originally lived before God called him to leave. 3. <a href="/topical/h/haran.htm">Haran</a> A city in Mesopotamia where Abraham settled temporarily with his family after leaving Ur. It was here that Abraham's father, Terah, died. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The divine being who called Abraham to leave his homeland and promised him the land of Canaan. God's guidance and promises are central to Abraham's journey. 5. <a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a> The land promised by God to Abraham and his descendants, where the Israelites eventually settled. It represents the fulfillment of God's promise.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_call.htm">Obedience to God's Call</a> Abraham's journey exemplifies the importance of obedience to God's call, even when the destination is unknown. Believers are encouraged to trust and follow God's leading in their lives. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a> Abraham's life is a testament to faith in God's promises. Christians are reminded to hold onto God's promises, even when fulfillment seems distant. <a href="/topical/l/leaving_the_familiar.htm">Leaving the Familiar</a> Abraham left his homeland and family, illustrating the need to sometimes leave behind the familiar to pursue God's purposes. This challenges believers to step out of their comfort zones. <a href="/topical/g/god's_timing.htm">God's Timing</a> The delay in moving from Haran to Canaan until after Terah's death shows that God's timing is perfect. Believers are encouraged to be patient and trust in God's timing for their lives. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faith.htm">Legacy of Faith</a> Abraham's journey set the foundation for the nation of Israel. Christians are called to consider the legacy of faith they are building for future generations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 7</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_moses'_speech_traits.htm">Stephen states Moses was 'mighty in words' (Acts 7:22), but Exodus 4:10 depicts Moses as slow of speech. How do we reconcile these descriptions?</a> <a href="/q/who_bought_shechem's_burial_site,_abraham_or_jacob.htm">In Acts 7:16, Stephen says Abraham bought a burial place in Shechem, yet Genesis 33:19 credits Jacob with that purchase. Which account is correct?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_paul_claim_he_wronged_no_one.htm">(2 Corinthians 7:2) Why does Paul insist he wronged no one, yet elsewhere admits to persecuting the church (cf. Acts 22:4)?</a> <a href="/q/how_many_of_jacob's_house_went_to_egypt.htm">How many members of the house of Jacob came to Egypt? Seventy souls (Genesis 4 - 27) Seventy-five souls (Acts 7:14)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) From thence, when his father was dead.--In <a href="/genesis/11-26.htm" title="And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.">Genesis 11:26</a>; <a href="/genesis/11-32.htm" title="And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.">Genesis 11:32</a>, Terah, the father of Abraham, is said to have died at the age of 205 years, and after he had reached the age of seventy to have begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; while Abraham in <a href="/genesis/12-4.htm" title="So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.">Genesis 12:4</a> is said to have been seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran. This, prima facie, suggests the conclusion that he lived for sixty years after his son's departure. The explanations sometimes given--(1) that Abraham may have been the youngest, not the eldest son of Terah, placed first in order of honour, not of time, as Shem is among the sons of Noah (<a href="/genesis/5-32.htm" title="And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.">Genesis 5:32</a>; <a href="/genesis/6-10.htm" title="And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.">Genesis 6:10</a>), though Japheth was the elder (<a href="/genesis/10-21.htm" title="To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.">Genesis 10:21</a>); and (2) that the marriage of Abraham's son with the granddaughter of Nahor by the youngest of his eight sons, Bethuel (<a href="/genesis/22-22.htm" title="And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.">Genesis 22:22</a>), suggests some such difference of age, and that he may therefore have been born when Terah was 130, and so have remained in Haran till his father's death--though probable as an hypothesis, would hardly appear so natural an explanation as that the memory of St. Stephen or of his reporter dwelt upon the broad outlines of the history, and was indifferent to chronological details. It is remarkable that like difficulties present themselves in St. Paul's own survey of the history of Israel. (See Notes on <a href="/acts/13-20.htm" title="And after that he gave to them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.">Acts 13:20</a>; <a href="/galatians/3-17.htm" title="And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot cancel, that it should make the promise of none effect.">Galatians 3:17</a>.) A man speaking for his life, and pleading for the truth with a passionate eagerness, does not commonly carry with him a memoria technica of chronological minuti?. This seems, on the whole, a more satisfactory explanation than the assumption that the Apostle, having a clear recollection of the facts as we find them, brought them before his hearers in a form which presented at least the appearance of inaccuracy. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - Haran for Charran, A.V.; God removed for he removed, A.V. The land of the Chaldaeans. In <a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Genesis 11:28</a> Ur is called "Ur of the Chaldees." When his father was dead (see note to ver. 2). God removed. That God is the subject appears from the following verbs, "he gave," "he promised." The verb μετώκισεν, he removed, is the technical word for planting a colony. Wherein, etc. (εἰς η}ν); into which ye came and dwelt. <a href="/commentaries/acts/7-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[So] τότε (tote) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5119.htm">Strong's 5119: </a> Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that. [Abraham] left ἐξελθὼν (exelthōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1831.htm">Strong's 1831: </a> To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue. [the] land γῆς (gēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. of the Chaldeans Χαλδαίων (Chaldaiōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5466.htm">Strong's 5466: </a> A Chaldean. Probably of Hebrew or; a Chaldoean, or native or the region of the lower Euphrates. [and] settled κατῴκησεν (katōkēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2730.htm">Strong's 2730: </a> To dwell in, settle in, be established in (permanently), inhabit. From kata and oikeo; to house permanently, i.e. Reside. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Haran. Χαρράν (Charran) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5488.htm">Strong's 5488: </a> Haran. Of Hebrew origin; Charrhan, a place in Mesopotamia. After μετὰ (meta) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. father πατέρα (patera) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. died, ἀποθανεῖν (apothanein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_599.htm">Strong's 599: </a> To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off. [God] brought μετῴκισεν (metōkisen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3351.htm">Strong's 3351: </a> From the same as metoikesia; to transfer as a settler or captive, i.e colonize or exile. him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. out of that place, κἀκεῖθεν (kakeithen) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2547.htm">Strong's 2547: </a> And thence, and from there; and then afterwards. From kai and ekeithen; likewise from that place. into εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. this ταύτην (tautēn) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. land γῆν (gēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. where ἣν (hēn) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. you ὑμεῖς (hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. {are} now νῦν (nyn) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3568.htm">Strong's 3568: </a> A primary particle of present time; 'now'; also as noun or adjective present or immediate. living. κατοικεῖτε (katoikeite) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2730.htm">Strong's 2730: </a> To dwell in, settle in, be established in (permanently), inhabit. 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