Acts 7:3

and said unto him It does not appear from the narrative in Genesis whether there had been some Divine communication which caused the first removal from Ur to Haran. We are only told (Genesis 11:31) that Terah took his family and removed, but as it is there added "to go into the land of Canaan," and as in the following chapter, where God's order to remove is expressly given (Genesis 12:1), it is also said that "they went forth to go into the land of Canaan," we may conclude that the first removal had been enjoined by God, and that it was only on account of Terah's age that the country for which they set forth was not reached at once. In Genesis 15:7 God says "I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees," language which implies a command given for the first removal. Cp. Nehemiah 9:7; Genesis 12:1 should be rendered "Now the Lord saidunto Abram," not "had said," as A. V.

Get thee out of thy country[land], and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee The word for land is the same in both clauses. In Genesis 12:1 the words "and from thy father's house" are added after "kindred." The destination of the emigrants was known before they started from Ur.