Parallel JDT 5:7

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BrLXX καὶ παρῴκησαν τὸ πρότερον ἐν τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ, ὅτι οὐκ ἐβουλήθησαν ἀκολουθῆσαι τοῖς θεοῖς τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν, οἳ ἐγένοντο ἐν γῇ Χαλδαίων·
(kai parōkaʸsan to proteron en taʸ Mesopotamia, hoti ouk eboulaʸthaʸsan akolouthaʸsai tois theois tōn paterōn autōn, hoi egenonto en gaʸ Ⱪaldaiōn; )

BrTr and they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.

WEBBE They sojourned before this in Mesopotamia, because they didn’t want to follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of the Chaldeans.

KJB-1611 [fn]And they soiourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Caldea.

5:7 Gen. 11. 31.