Acts 7:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 7:3

Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham

1 Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”

2 And he said, ^a“Brethren and fathers, listen: The ^bGod of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in ^cHaran,

3 and said to him, ^a‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’

4 Then ^ahe came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was ^bdead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.

5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, ^aHe promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him.

6 But God spoke in this way: ^athat his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into ^bbondage and oppress them four hundred years.

7 ^a‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will ^bjudge,’ said God, ^c‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’

Verse Comparison: Acts 7:3

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American Standard Version
and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.

Amplified® Bible
And He said to him, Leave your own country and your relatives and come into the land (region) that I will point out to you.

Contemporary English Version
God told him, "Leave your country and your relatives and go to a land that I will show you."

Darby English Version
and said to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew thee.

Good News Bible
and said to him, 'Leave your family and country and go to the land that I will show you.'

International Standard Version
He said to him, 'Leave your country and your relatives and go to the land I will show you.'

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.

New American Standard Bible
and said to him, `LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RELATIVES, AND COME INTO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU.'

New International Version
'Leave your country and your people,' God said, 'and go to the land I will show you.'

New King James Version
and said to him, "Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and said to him, ' LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RELATIVES, AND COME INTO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU.'

Young's Literal Translation
and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.

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Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham

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