Nehemiah 9:7
New International Version
“You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham.

New Living Translation
“You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and renamed him Abraham.

English Standard Version
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

Berean Standard Bible
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

King James Bible
Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

New King James Version
“You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram, And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, And gave him the name Abraham;

New American Standard Bible
“You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.

NASB 1995
“You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.

NASB 1977
“Thou art the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.

Legacy Standard Bible
You are Yahweh God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.

Amplified Bible
“You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.

Christian Standard Bible
You, the LORD, are the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and changed his name to Abraham.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and changed his name to Abraham.

American Standard Version
Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham,

Contemporary English Version
You are the LORD our God, the one who chose Abram--you brought him from Ur in Babylonia and named him Abraham.

English Revised Version
Then art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram and took him from Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

Good News Translation
You, LORD God, chose Abram and led him out of Ur in Babylonia; you changed his name to Abraham.

International Standard Version
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, whom you brought from Ur of the Chaldeans and to whom you gave the name Abraham.

Majority Standard Bible
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

NET Bible
"You are the LORD God who chose Abram and brought him forth from Ur of the Chaldeans. You changed his name to Abraham.

New Heart English Bible
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur Kasdim, and gave him the name of Abraham,

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou art the LORD the God, who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth from Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

World English Bible
You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You [are] He, O YHWH God, "" Who fixed on Abraham, "" And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, "" And made his name Abraham,

Young's Literal Translation
Thou art He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou thyself Jehovah the God who chose in Abram, and thou broughtest him from Ur of the Chaldees, and didst set his name Abraham.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You yourself, O Lord God, are the One who chose Abram. And you led him away from the fire of the Chaldeans, and you gave him the name Abraham.

New American Bible
You are the LORD God who chose Abram, Who brought him from Ur of the Chaldees, who named him Abraham.

New Revised Standard Version
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Thou art the LORD, the God who didst choose Abram and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst change his name to Abraham;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
You are LORD JEHOVAH God who had chosen Abram, and you brought him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and you changed his name to Abraham.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou art the Lord God, thou didst choose Abram, and broughtest him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraam:

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The People Confess Their Sins
6You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You. 7You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. 8You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.…

Cross References
Genesis 12:1-3
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 15:7
The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

Genesis 17:5
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

Genesis 13:14-17
After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west, / for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever. / I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. ...

Genesis 22:17-18
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Genesis 26:3-4
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. / I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

Genesis 28:13-14
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Exodus 6:4
I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.

Joshua 24:3
But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,

Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

Acts 7:2-4
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, / and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ / So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

Romans 4:1-3
What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered? / If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. / For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Galatians 3:6-9
So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” / Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. / The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” ...

Hebrews 11:8-10
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. / By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. / For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.


Treasury of Scripture

You are the LORD the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;

choose

Genesis 12:1,2
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: …

Deuteronomy 10:15
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

Joshua 24:2,3
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods…

Ur

Genesis 11:31
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

Genesis 15:7
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

Acts 7:2-4
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, …

gavest

Genesis 17:5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

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Nehemiah 9
1. A solemn fast, and repentance of the people
4. The Levites make a confession of God's goodness, and their wickedness














You are the LORD God
This phrase acknowledges the sovereignty and supreme authority of God. The Hebrew word for "LORD" is "YHWH," the sacred and personal name of God, often rendered as Yahweh. It signifies God's eternal existence and His covenantal relationship with His people. The term "God" here is "Elohim," a plural form that denotes majesty and power. This combination emphasizes God's unique position as the one true God, worthy of worship and obedience.

who chose Abram
The act of choosing Abram highlights God's sovereign election and grace. Abram, later named Abraham, was selected not because of his merit but because of God's divine purpose and promise. This choice is foundational to the narrative of the Bible, as it sets the stage for the covenant relationship between God and His people. The Hebrew root for "chose" is "bachar," which implies a deliberate and purposeful selection, underscoring God's intentional plan for salvation history.

and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans
Ur of the Chaldeans was an ancient city located in Mesopotamia, known for its advanced culture and idolatry. God's calling of Abram from Ur signifies a call to leave behind a life of paganism and to enter into a relationship with the one true God. This journey from Ur is symbolic of the spiritual journey of faith and obedience that God calls each believer to undertake. Archaeological discoveries have confirmed the historical existence of Ur, providing a tangible connection to the biblical narrative.

and named him Abraham
The change of name from Abram, meaning "exalted father," to Abraham, meaning "father of many nations," signifies a transformation in identity and purpose. This renaming is a divine act that reflects God's covenant promise to make Abraham the progenitor of a multitude of nations. It underscores the theme of God's faithfulness and the unfolding of His redemptive plan through Abraham's descendants. The name change is a powerful reminder of how God redefines and repurposes those He calls for His glory.

Verses 7-31. - Compare with this long historical resume the still longer ones in Psalm 78:5-72 and Acts 7:2-47. God's dealings with his people furnished a moral lesson of extraordinary force, and moral teachers, naturally, made frequent reference to them. But it is not often that we have so complete and elaborate a recapitulation as the present, which, beginning with the call of Abraham, brings the history down to the time of the Persian servitude. God's goodness and his people's ingratitude form the burthen of the whole.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You
אַתָּה־ (’at·tāh-)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are the LORD,
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the God
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

who
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

chose
בָּחַ֙רְתָּ֙ (bā·ḥar·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 977: To try, select

Abram,
בְּאַבְרָ֔ם (bə·’aḇ·rām)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham

who brought him
וְהוֹצֵאת֖וֹ (wə·hō·w·ṣê·ṯōw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

out of Ur
מֵא֣וּר (mê·’ūr)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 218: Ur -- a city in southern Babylon

of the Chaldeans
כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים (kaś·dîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3778: Chaldeans -- a region of southern Babylon and its inhab

and gave him
וְשַׂ֥מְתָּ (wə·śam·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

the name
שְּׁמ֖וֹ (šə·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

Abraham.
אַבְרָהָֽם׃ (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation


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