KJV King James Version
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.
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Joshua 24:3
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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,
WEB World English Bible
I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
ASV American Standard Version
And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give to him Isaac.
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.
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
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וָ֠אֶקַּחH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲבִיכֶ֤םH1 · avfatherאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַבְרָהָם֙H85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamמֵעֵ֣בֶרH5676 · e.verside: besideהַנָּהָ֔רH5104 · na.harRiverוָאוֹלֵ֥ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאוֹת֖וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בְּכָל־H3605 · kolallאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכְּנָ֑עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanוָאַרְבֶּה֙H7235 · ra.vahto multiplyאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]זַרְע֔וֹH2233 · ze.raseedוָֽאֶתֶּן־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveל֖וֹH9033 · ohimאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִצְחָֽק׃H3327 · yits.chaqIsaac
Cross-references
Genesis 12:1-4Now 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:Acts 7:2-3And 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,Genesis 21:2-3For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.Nehemiah 9:7-8Thou [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;Psalm 127:3Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
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