Acts 7:4

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.

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WEBBE

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.

BSB

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, [God] removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:

BBE

Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:

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Τότε Tote Then G5119 ἐξελθὼν exelthōn having gone out G1831 ἐκ ek from G1537 γῆς gēs [the] land G1093 Χαλδαίων Chaldaiōn of Chaldeans G5466 κατῴκησεν katōkēsen he dwelt G2730 ἐν en in G1722 Χαρράν Charran Haran G5488 κἀκεῖθεν kakeithen And from there G2532 μετὰ meta after G3326 τὸ to (the) G3588 ἀποθανεῖν apothanein dying G599 τὸν ton the G3588 πατέρα patera father G3962 αὐτοῦ autou of him G846 μετῴκισεν metōkisen He removed G3351 αὐτὸν auton him G846 εἰς eis into G1519 τὴν tēn (the) G3588 γῆν gēn land G1093 ταύτην tautēn this G3778 εἰς eis in G1519 ἣν hēn which G3739 ὑμεῖς humeis you yourselves G4771 νῦν nun now G3568 κατοικεῖτε katoikeite dwell G2730

The early church

"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." See how he raises their thoughts away from their possession of the land. For if He said that He will give: clearly all came from Him, and nothing from themselves. For he came, having left both kindred and country. Wherefore then did He not give it to him? Truly it was a figure of another land.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts
"Then came he out," it says, of the land of the Chaldeans: and that if one look closely into the matter, the Jews are of Persian origin: and that, without miracles, one must do as God bids, whatever hardships be the consequence; since the Patriarch left both the grave of his father and all that he had, in obedience to God's command. But if Abraham's father was not allowed to take part with him in the privilege of migrating to Palestine, because he was unworthy: much more shall the children be excluded at last, for all that they may have gone a good distance on the way.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–16

Stephen was charged as a blasphemer of God, and an apostate from the church; therefore he shows that he is a son of Abraham, and values himself on it. The slow steps by which the promise made to Abraham advanced toward performance, plainly show that it had a spiritual meaning, and that the land intended was the heavenly. God owned Joseph in his troubles, and was with him by the power of his Spirit, both on his own mind by giving him comfort, and on those he was concerned with, by giving him favour in their eyes. Stephen reminds the Jews of their mean beginning as a check to priding themselves in the glories of that nation. Likewise of the wickedness of the patriarchs of their tribes, in envying their brother Joseph; and the same spirit was still working in them toward Christ and his ministers. The faith of the patriarchs, in desiring to be buried in the land of Canaan, plainly showed they had regard to the heavenly country. It is well to recur to the first rise of usages, or sentiments, which have been perverted. Would we know the nature and effects of justifying faith, we should study the character of the father of the faithful. His calling shows the power and freeness of Divine grace, and the nature of conversion. Here also we see that outward forms and distinctions are as nothing, compared with separation from the world, and devotedness to God.

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