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And he said, Men,brethren,andfathers,hearken; The God of gloryappeared unto ourfatherAbraham, when he wasinMesopotamia,before*hedweltinCharran,
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Andsaiduntohim, Get thee out ofthycountry,andfromthykindred,andcomeinto the landwhichI shall shewthee.
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Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dweltinCharran: and from thence,whenhisfather was dead, he removedhimintothisland,wherein*yenowdwell.
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And he gavehimnoneinheritanceinit, no, not so much as to set his footon:yet he promised that he would giveit to himfor a possession,and to hisseedafterhim, when as yet hehadnochild.
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AndGodspake on this wise,Thathisseedshouldsojournin a strangeland;and that they should bringthem into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundredyears.
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And the nation to whomthey shall be in bondagewillIjudge, saidGod:andafterthat shall they come forth, andservemeinthisplace.