And said unto him,.... Not the words in Ge 12:1 for they were said in Haran, these in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt there, and besides, these are different from them; no mention is here made of getting out from his father's house, as there; because his father's house sent along with him, or rather he with them from Mesopotamia to Haran:get thee out of thy country; from Ur of the Chaldees, where he was born:and from thy kindred; his relations that lived in the same place, who did not go along with him:and come into the land which I shall show thee; not telling him the place whither he was to go; wherefore when he had his first call, and first set out, he knew not whither he went; see Heb 11:8.
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Acts 7:3
Acts 7:3
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