Acts 7:4
ContextNET © | Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God 1 made him move 2 to this country where you now live. |
NIV © | "So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living. |
NASB © | "Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living. |
NLT © | So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran until his father died. Then God brought him here to the land where you now live. |
MSG © | "So he left the country of the Chaldees and moved to Haran. After the death of his father, he immigrated to this country where you now live, |
BBE © | Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now: |
NRSV © | Then he left the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God had him move from there to this country in which you are now living. |
NKJV © | "Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | Then <5119> he went out <1831> from <1537> the country <1093> of <5466> the Chaldeans <5466> and settled <2730> in <1722> Haran <5488> . After <3326> his <846> father <3962> died <599> , God made him <846> move <3351> to <1519> this <3778> country <1093> where <3739> you <5210> now <3568> live .<2730> |
NET © | Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God 1 made him move 2 to this country where you now live. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 2 tn The translation “made him move” for the verb μετοικίζω (metoikizw) is given by L&N 85.83. The verb has the idea of “resettling” someone (BDAG 643 s.v.); see v. 43, where it reappears. |