Jos 24:2, Neh 9:7-9, Hos 2:3, Act 7:6-7 | ESV | STEP | And Joshua said to all the people , Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel , Long ago , your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates , Terah , the father of Abraham and of Nahor ; and they served other gods .

Joshua 24:2

2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, ^ayour fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, ^{▼▼Hebrew the River} Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and ^cthey served other gods.

Nehemiah 9:7-9

7 You are the Lord, the God ^dwho chose Abram and brought him out of ^eUr of the Chaldeans ^fand gave him the name Abraham. 8 ^gYou found his heart faithful before you, ^hand made with him the covenant to give to his offspring ⁱthe land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. ^jAnd you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.

9 ^k“And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard ^ltheir cry at the Red Sea,

Hosea 2:3

3 lest ^mI strip her naked
and make her as ⁿin the day she was born,
and ^omake her like a wilderness,
and make her like a parched land,
and kill her with thirst.

Acts 7:6-7

6 And God spoke to this effect—that ^phis offspring would ^qbe sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them ^rfour hundred years. 7 ‘But ^sI will judge the nation that they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out ^tand worship me in this place.’