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.
So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God moved him from there to this very land where you're living now.
God had Abraham pack up and move twice to get him exactly where he needed to be.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Acts, Stephen is delivering a speech to the Jewish Sanhedrin, retelling the story of Abraham from the Old Testament to demonstrate God's ongoing faithfulness to His people. Abraham was originally from Ur of the Chaldeans, an ancient city in Mesopotamia, and God called him to leave his homeland, leading him first to Haran where he lived with his father Terah. After Terah's death, Abraham obeyed God's command and journeyed to the land of Canaan, which is the region where Stephen's audience, the Jewish people, were then residing.
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