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. ’ ”
પ્રથમ સદીમાં, સ્તેફને યહોવાહની એ આજ્ઞાનો ઉલ્લેખ કર્યો કે ઈબ્રાહીમે કનાનમાંથી જવું જોઈએ.