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1 Chronicles 1:27

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Abram; the same is Abraham.
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  1. Genesis 11:27–32Rank 1 from verse 27
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    27¶ Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

    28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

    29And Abram and Nahor took them 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.

    30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

    31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

    32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

  2. Joshua 24:2Rank 2 from verse 27
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    2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

  3. Nehemiah 9:7Rank 3 from verse 27
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    7Thou 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;

  4. Genesis 17:5Rank 4 from verse 27
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    5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

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1 Chronicles 1:27

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

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26Serug, Nahor, Terah,

27Abram; the same is Abraham.

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28The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

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