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Nehemiah 9:7

Thou 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;

KJV

Tu ipse, Domine Deus, qui elegisti Abram, et eduxisti eum de igne Chaldæorum, et posuisti nomen ejus Abraham :

Vulgate

σὺ εἶ ὁ θεός, σὺ ἐξελέξω ἐν Ἀβρὰμ καὶ ἐξήγαγες αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς χώρας τῶν Χαλδαίων, καὶ ἐπέθηκας αὐτῷ ὄνομα Ἀβραάμ.

LXX

Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham,

ASV

אַתָּה הוּא֙ יְהוָ֣ה הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּחַ֨רְתָּ֙ בְּ/אַבְרָ֔ם וְ/הוֹצֵאת֖/וֹ מֵ/א֣וּר כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים וְ/שַׂ֥מְתָּ שְּׁמ֖/וֹ אַבְרָהָֽם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Abraham
Places Ur

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וּר
'vr
proper_noun · 5×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים
kshdym
noun · 82×
ם
m
verb · 1071×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 1:27 — Abram; the same is Abraham.
  • Acts 7:2 — 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 Charran,
  • Acts 7:2 — 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 Charran,
  • Ezek 16:3 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
  • Gen 11:31 — And 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
  • Gen 11:31 — And 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
  • 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 13:15 — For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
  • 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.
  • Gen 17:5 — Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
  • Gen 17:5 — Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
  • 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.
  • Isa 41:9 — Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
  • Isa 46:9 — Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
  • Isa 51:2 — Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
  • Isa 51:2 — Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
  • Isa 51:9 — Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
  • Mal 3:6 — For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.