KJV King James Version
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, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
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Joshua 24:2
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, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joshua saith unto all the people, ‘Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old—Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor—and they serve other gods;
Surrounding context — Joshua 24
1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
2 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, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
3 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.
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)כָּל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֗םH5971 · ampeopleכֹּֽה־H3541 · kohthusאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָה֮H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵ֣יH430 · e.lo.himGodיִשְׂרָאֵל֒H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבְּעֵ֣בֶרH5676 · e.verside: besideהַנָּהָ֗רH5104 · na.harRiverיָשְׁב֤וּH3427 · ya.shavto dwellאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙H1 · avfatherמֵֽעוֹלָ֔םH5769 · o.lamforever: enduringתֶּ֛רַחH8646 · te.rachTerahאֲבִ֥יH1 · avfatherאַבְרָהָ֖םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamוַאֲבִ֣יH1 · avfatherנָח֑וֹרH5152 · na.chorNahorוַיַּעַבְד֖וּH5647 · a.vadto serveאֱלֹהִ֥יםH430 · e.lo.himGodאֲחֵרִֽים׃H312 · a.cheranother
Cross-references
Joshua 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.Genesis 31:30And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?Ezekiel 16:3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity [is] of the land of Canaan; thy father [was] an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.Isaiah 51:2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.Deuteronomy 26:5And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:Genesis 35:4And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.Genesis 31:32With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what [is] thine with me, and take [it] to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.Genesis 31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.Genesis 31:19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father’s.Genesis 11:26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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