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Acts 7:3

“and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.’”

Acts 7:3 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Genesis 12:1

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Stephen quotes the call of Abraham without the phrase “and from the house of your father.”

Formula: εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν “said to him” (Acts 7:3)

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου καὶ δεῦρο εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל אַבְרָם לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ

Septuagint (Genesis 12:1 in the Septuagint numbering): Καὶ εἶπεν κύριος τῷ Ἁβρἀμ Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ συγγενείας σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου, εἰς τὴν γῆν ἢν ἄν δείξω.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Acts 7:3, word by word

saidεἶπενeipen

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “eipen” appears
‘Go outἜξελθεExelthe

go out

To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.

Where else “Exelthe” appears
landγῆςgēs

land

A country or a region.

Where else “gēs” appears
relativesσυγγενείαςsyngeneias

relatives

Relatives, family, kin.

Where else “syngeneias” appears
comeδεῦροdeuro

come

A call for someone to draw near.

Where else “deuro” appears
I will showδείξωdeixō

show

Show, point out.

Where else “deixō” appears

Translation note

Genesis 12:1.

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Quotation · Genesis 12:1

Stephen quotes the call of Abraham without the phrase “and from the house of your father.”

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Acts 7:3

3and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.’

Genesis 12:1

1YHWH said to Abram, “Go from your land, from your kindred, and from the house of your father to the land that I will show you.

The context

2And he said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

3 · This verse (above)

4Then going out from the land of the Chaldeans, he lived in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God moved him to this land in which you now live.

Read all of Acts 7

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  1. 1. What it says

    At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)

  2. 2. What it means

    Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?

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