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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Nehemiah 9:7

"You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abraham;   God;   Predestination;   Sin;   Thankfulness;   Ur;   Thompson Chain Reference - Abraham;   Ur;   The Topic Concordance - Choosing/chosen;   Covenant;   Giving and Gifts;   God;   Guidance;   Hearing;   Living Waters;   Righteousness;   Servants;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Election;   Prayer, Public;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abraham;   Election;   Ezra;   Ur;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Faith;   Forgiveness;   Genesis, Theology of;   Time;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elect;   Prayer;   Ur;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Election;   Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Providence;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Prayer;   Synagogue;   Ur of the Chaldees,;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Synagogue;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ur of the Chaldees;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Chosen of god;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Assyria;   Ur;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prayer;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abraham;   Chesed;   Choose;   Providence;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chaldea;   Chosen People;   Synagogue, the Great;   Theology;   Ur;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You, the Lord,are the God who chose Abramand brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,and changed his name to Abraham.
Hebrew Names Version
You are the LORD the God, who did choose Avram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Kasdim, and gave him the name of Avraham,
King James Version
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;
English Standard Version
You are the Lord , the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
New Century Version
"You are the Lord , the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur in Babylonia and named him Abraham.
New English Translation
"You are the Lord God who chose Abram and brought him forth from Ur of the Chaldeans. You changed his name to Abraham.
Amplified Bible
"You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.
New American Standard Bible
"You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.
World English Bible
You are Yahweh the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou art, O Lord, the God, that hast chosen Abram, and broughtest him out of Vr in Caldea, and madest his name Abraham,
Legacy Standard Bible
You are Yahweh God,Who chose AbramAnd brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees,And gave him the name Abraham.
Berean Standard Bible
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
Contemporary English Version
You are the Lord our God, the one who chose Abram— you brought him from Ur in Babylonia and named him Abraham.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘You are Adonai , the God who chose Avram, brought him out of Ur-Kasdim and gave him the name of Avraham.
Darby Translation
Thou art the Same, Jehovah Elohim, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
Easy-to-Read Version
You are the Lord , the God who chose Abram. You led him from Ur in Babylonia. You changed his name to Abraham.
George Lamsa Translation
Thou art the LORD, the God who didst choose Abram and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst change his name to Abraham;
Good News Translation
You, Lord God, chose Abram and led him out of Ur in Babylonia; you changed his name to Abraham.
Lexham English Bible
You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham.
Literal Translation
You are Jehovah the God who chose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and appointed his name, Abraham.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou art the LORDE God, that hast chosen Abra, and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea, & called him Abraham,
American Standard Version
Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham,
Bible in Basic English
You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou art, O Lorde, the God that hast chosen Abraham, and broughtest him out of Ur in Chaldea, and calledst him Abraham:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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;
King James Version (1611)
Thou art the Lord the God, who diddest choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Caldees, and gauest him the name of Abraham:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou art the Lord God, thou didst choose Abram, and broughtest him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraam:
English Revised Version
Then 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;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou thi silf art the Lord God, that chesidist Abram, and leddist hym out of the fier of Caldeis, and settidist his name Abraham;
Update Bible Version
You are Yahweh the God, who chose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou [art] the LORD the God, who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth from Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
New King James Version
"You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram, And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, And gave him the name Abraham;
New Living Translation
"You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and renamed him Abraham.
New Life Bible
You are the Lord God, Who chose Abram and brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees and gave him the name Abraham.
New Revised Standard
You are the Lord , the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou, art Yahweh, God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, - and madest his name Abraham;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.
Revised Standard Version
Thou art the LORD, the God who didst choose Abram and bring him forth out of Ur of the Chalde'ans and give him the name Abraham;
Young's Literal Translation
`Thou [art] He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,
THE MESSAGE
You're the one, God , the God who chose Abram And brought him from Ur of the Chaldees and changed his name to Abraham. You found his heart to be steady and true to you and signed a covenant with him, A covenant to give him the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, The Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites, —to give it to his descendants. And you kept your word because you are righteous.

Contextual Overview

4 Now on the Levites' platform stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Chenani, and they cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, said, "Arise, bless the LORD your God forever and ever! O may Your glorious name be blessed And exalted above all blessing and praise! 6 "You alone are the LORD. You have made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before You. 7 "You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.8 "You found his heart faithful before You, And made a covenant with him To give him the land of the Canaanite, Of the Hittite and the Amorite, Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite— To give it to his descendants. And You have fulfilled Your promise, For You are righteous. 9 "You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And heard their cry by the Red Sea. 10 "Then You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, Against all his servants and all the people of his land; For You knew that they acted arrogantly toward them, And made a name for Yourself as it is this day. 11 "You divided the sea before them, So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground; And their pursuers You hurled into the depths, Like a stone into raging waters. 12 "And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go. 13 "Then You came down on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

choose: Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:2, Deuteronomy 10:15, Joshua 24:2, Joshua 24:3, Isaiah 41:8, Isaiah 41:9, Isaiah 51:2

Ur: Genesis 11:31, Genesis 15:7, Acts 7:2-4

gavest: Genesis 17:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 11:28 - Ur Genesis 13:15 - General 1 Chronicles 1:27 - Abram Isaiah 29:22 - who redeemed Isaiah 46:9 - the former Isaiah 51:9 - as in Isaiah 63:7 - mention Ezekiel 16:3 - Thy birth Ezekiel 16:4 - for Malachi 3:6 - I am Acts 13:17 - God Hebrews 11:8 - Abraham

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 8:17
"Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram,.... From among the Chaldeans, and out of his father's family:

and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees; by calling him from thence, of which see Genesis 11:28, to which may be added what Amama x on that place observes; that some think that the sacred fire, which the Chaldeans worshipped, was kept in this city, from whence it was called Ur, that being worshipped by them and by the Assyrians under the name of Ur y:

and gavest him the name of Abraham; which was changed when the covenant of circumcision was given him, Genesis 17:5.

x Anti-barbar. Biblic. l. 3. p. 652. y Fortunati Schaech. Elaeochrism. Myrothec. l. 1. c. 9. col. 44.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 9:7. Who didst choose Abram — See the notes on the passages referred to in the margin.

The name of Abraham — For the explanation of this name, Genesis 17:5; Genesis 17:5.


 
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