 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1854 - 382 pagine
...contradiction to the history (Gen. xi. 31 -xii. 1), that the Divine summons is said to have been addressed to Abraham, " when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran " ; and in the quotation, the words of the original, " and from thy father's house," are omitted, and the words... | |
 | 1854 - 696 pagine
...these things sol 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charrán, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kind red, and come into the... | |
 | Frederick Brotherton Meyer - 1890 - 236 pagine
...HIS PEOPLE 199 ABRAHAM: OR, THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH. I Sole of tfte " The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran ; and said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1892 - 406 pagine
...apology of St. Stephen the martyr, before the High Priest, when he said, " The God of Glory appeared unto our father, Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, and said unto him, Get thee out of thy coimtry, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show... | |
 | John R. Rice - 1957 - 218 pagine
...Terah died. But it is even clearer in Acts 7 where Stephen tells us, "The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which 1 shall shew... | |
 | Ethelbert W. Bullinger - 1979 - 476 pagine
...is not to be taken as recording that call in Haran. He says : — " The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran." God is called " the God of glory " (ie, the glorious God) in contrast to the idols which were... | |
 | Halvor Moxnes - 1980 - 346 pagine
...to Abraham is brought forward to the very beginning of the story, before Abraham departed to Haran: "The God of Glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran — ". With this change, which is known from other Jewish sources also,175 Stephen's... | |
 | Witness Lee - 1985 - 236 pagine
...concerning God's calling Abraham, the father of the chosen race, out of the idolatrous generation: "The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, and said to him, Go out of your land and from your relatives, and come into the land which I... | |
 | Witness Lee - 1985 - 160 pagine
...to Abraham As Stephen testified before the Sanhedrin, he said, "Men, brothers, and fathers, listen! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, and said to him, Go out of your land and from your relatives, and come into the land which I... | |
 | Witness Lee - 1986 - 42 pagine
...Abraham was seventy-five years old when his father Terah died in Haran (Gen. 11:32). Acts 7:2 tells us that "the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran." The first time God called Abraham was while his father was still alive, and the second call... | |
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Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran... 
