The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 7:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Haran for Charran, A.V.; God removed for he removed, A.V. The land of the Chaldaeans. In Genesis 11:28 Ur is called "Ur of the Chaldees." When his father was dead (see note to Genesis 11:2). God removed.

That God is the subject appears from the following verbs, "he gave," "he promised." The verb μετώκισεν, he removed, is the technical word for planting a colony. Wherein, etc. ( εἰς ἢν); into which ye came and dwelt.

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