Nehemiah 9:7

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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;

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Isaiah 51:2

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Genesis 17:5

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Genesis 13:15

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And Jehovah saith unto Abram, 'Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

only in thy fathers hath Jehovah delighted -- to love them, and He doth fix on their seed after them -- on you, out of all the peoples as at this day;

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;

-- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,

Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah -- she bringeth you forth, For -- one -- I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him.

Gavest

and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;

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for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age.