Joshua 24:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Joshua addressed all the people: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: In times past your ancestors, down to Terah,(A) father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River[a] and served other gods. 3 But I brought your father Abraham from the region beyond the River and led him through the entire land of Canaan.(B) I made his descendants numerous, and gave him Isaac. 4 To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.(C) To Esau I assigned the mountain region of Seir to possess, while Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
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- 24:2 Beyond the River: east of the Euphrates; cf. Gn 11:28–31.
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