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And he said, "Hear me, 1brethren* and fathers! 2The God of glory3appeared to our fatherAbraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
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and said to him, '4LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RELATIVES, AND COME INTO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU.'
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"5Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. 6From there, after his fatherdied, God had him move to thiscountry in which you are nowliving.
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"But He gave him noinheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even when he had nochild, 7He promised that HE WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM AS A POSSESSION, AND TO HIS DESCENDANTSAFTER HIM.
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"But 8Godspoke to thiseffect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGNLAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOURHUNDREDYEARS.