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Nehemiah 9:7
“ You are the Lord God, Who chose Abram, And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, And gave him the name Abraham;
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Genesis 11:27-32
This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.But Sarai was barren; she had no child.And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
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Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people,“ Thus says the Lord God of Israel:‘ Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods.
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Genesis 17:5
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.