Acts 7:3
And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
KJV
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν, ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου, καὶ δεῦρο εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω.
Greek NT
et dixit ad illum : Exi de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et veni in terram quam monstravero tibi.
Vulgate
and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
ASV
And said to him: Go forth out of thy country and from thy kindred: and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Gen 12:1 · paraphrase"Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:"Genesis: leave your country — Stephen recounts Abraham's call
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐκ — SBLGNT
- ἐκ — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- τὴν — SBLGNT
- τὴν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 15.—Of the Time of the Migration of Abraham, When, According to the Commandment of God, He Went Out from Haran. When, after the record of the death of Terah, the father of Abraham, we next read, “And the Lord said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house,”894894 Gen. xii. 1. etc., it is not to be supposed, because this fol…
Cross-references
- Gen 12:1 — Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
- Gen 15:7 — And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
- Heb 11:8 — By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
- Josh 24:3 — And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.