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Genesis 11:31

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they went: Genesis 11:28, Genesis 12:1; Joshua 24:2-3; Hebrews 11:8

Ur: Ur was probably the place called Ouri, in Mesopotamia, two days' journey from Nisibis, in the way to the river Tigris. Joshua 24:2; Nehemiah 9:7; Acts 7:2-4

the land: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 24:10, bc cir, 1923, am cir, 2081

Haran: Genesis 11:32, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 27:43, Genesis 29:4-5; Acts 7:2-4, Charran

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