John Gill Commentary Nehemiah 9:7

"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," — Nehemiah 9:7 (ASV)

You are the Lord the God, who did choose Abram
From among the Chaldeans, and out of his father's family:

and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees ;
by calling him from thence, of which see (Genesis 11:28Genesis 11:31) (12:1) , to which may be added what Amama ^F24 on that place observes; that some think that the sacred fire, which the Chaldeans worshipped, was kept in this city, from where it was called Ur, that being worshipped by them and by the Assyrians under the name of Ur ^F25 :

and gave him the name of Abraham ;
which was changed when the covenant of circumcision was given him, (Genesis 17:5) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: Anti-barbar. Biblic. l. 3. p. 652.
• F25: Fortunati Schaech. Elaeochrism. Myrothec. l. 1. c. 9. col. 44.