Addressing the Sanhedrin, he said: “The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia, before he took up residence in Haran, and he said to him, ‘ Go out from your land and from your relatives and come on into the land I shall show you. ’ ”
* من المحتمل جدا ان يكون يهوه قد قطع هذا العهد مع ابراهيم حين كان في أور وأعاد تأكيده حين كان في حاران .‏