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You are Yahweh the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,
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God's Sovereign Choice
Commentators emphasize that the prayer begins by focusing on God's sovereign initiative. God "didst choose Abram" from his pagan family and homeland, not based on Abram's merit, but as a foundational act of divine grace that initiated the covenant.
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Nehemiah
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Reformed Baptist
You are the Lord the God, who did choose Abram From among the Chaldeans, and out of his father's family:
Presbyterian
The summary of their prayers we have here on record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do anything in the way of duty, we …
