Joshua 24:2
Joshua said to all the people, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor. They served other gods.This verse in the real world
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- תֶּרַחTerachTerach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert
- נָחוֹרNâchôwrNochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham
- עֵבֶרʻêberproperly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on th
- נָהָרnâhâra stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosper
- אַחֵרʼachêrproperly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
- אַבְרָהָםʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of Abram
- יְהוֹשׁוּעַYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.