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father of Peleg. 17After the birth of Peleg, Eber
lived another 430 years and had other sons and
daughters.
18When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the
father of Reu. 19After the birth of Reu, Peleg
lived another 209 years and had other sons and
daughters.
20When Reu was 32 years old, he became the
father of Serug. 21After the birth of Serug, Reu
lived another 207 years and had other sons and
daughters.
22When Serug was 30 years old, he became the
father of Nahor. 23After the birth of Nahor,
Serug lived another 200 years and had other
sons and daughters.
24When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the
father of Terah. 25After the birth of Terah, Nahor
lived another 119 years and had other sons and
daughters.
26After Terah was 70 years old, he became the
father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
The Family of Terah
27 This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was
the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran
was the father of Lot. 28But Haran died in Ur of the
Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father,
Terah, was still living. 29 Meanwhile, Abram and
Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife
was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. (Milcah and her sister Iscah were daughters of
Nahor’s brother Haran.) 30But Sarai was unable to
become pregnant and had no children.
31 One day Terah took his son Abram, his
daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and
his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved
away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for
the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and
settled there. 32Terah lived for 205 years* and died
while still in Haran.
The Call of Abram
The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your
native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show
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you. I will make you into a great nation. I will
bless you and make you famous, and you will be a
blessing to others. 3I will bless those who bless you
and curse those who treat you with contempt. All
the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
4So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed,
and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five
years old when he left Haran. 5 He took his wife,
Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his
livestock and all the people he had taken into his
household at Haran—and headed for the land of
Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan, 6 Abram
traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There
he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that
time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said,
“I will give this land to your descendants.*” And
Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the
Lord, who had appeared to him. 8After that, Abram
traveled south and set up camp in the hill country,
with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he
built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord,
and he worshiped the Lord. 9 Then Abram continued traveling south by stages toward the Negev.
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Abram and Sarai in Egypt
10 At that time a severe famine struck the land of
Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where
he lived as a foreigner. 11 As he was approaching
the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai,
“Look, you are a very beautiful woman. 12When the
Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.
Let’s kill him; then we can have her!’ 13 So please
tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare
my life and treat me well because of their interest
in you.”
14And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt,
everyone noticed Sarai’s beauty. 15When the palace
officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh,
their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace.
16 Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of
her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys,
male and female servants, and camels.
17 But the Lord sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s
wife. 18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused
him sharply. “What have you done to me?” he
demanded. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your
wife? 19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ and allow me to take her as my wife? Now then, here is
your wife. Take her and get out of here!” 20Pharaoh
ordered some of his men to escort them, and he
sent Abram out of the country, along with his wife
and all his possessions.
Abram and Lot Separate
So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into
the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and
all that they owned. 2(Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.) 3From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they
pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where
they had camped before. 4This was the same place
where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the Lord again.
5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also
become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and
goats, herds of cattle, and many tents. 6 But the
land could not support both Abram and Lot with
all their flocks and herds living so close together.
7 So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of
Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
8 Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this
conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After
all, we are close relatives! 9The whole countryside
is open to you. Take your choice of any section of
the land you want, and we will separate. If you
want the land to the left, then I’ll take the land on
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9:27 Hebrew May he live in the tents of Shem. 10:4 As in some Hebrew
manuscripts and Greek version (see also 1 Chr 1:7); most Hebrew
manuscripts read Dodanim. 10:9 Hebrew a great hunter before the
Lord; also in 10:9b. 10:10 Hebrew Shinar. 10:11 Or From that land
Assyria went out. 10:14 Hebrew Casluhites, from whom the Philistines
came, and Caphtorites. Compare Jer 47:4; Amos 9:7. 10:15 Hebrew
ancestor of Heth. 10:21 Or Shem, whose older brother was Japheth.
10:24 Greek version reads Arphaxad was the father of Cainan, Cainan
was the father of Shelah. Compare Luke 3:36. 11:2 Hebrew Shinar.
11:9 Or Babylon. Babel sounds like a Hebrew term that means
“confusion.” 11:10 Or the ancestor of; also in 11:12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24.
11:11 Or the birth of this ancestor of; also in 11:13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25.
11:12-13 Greek version reads 12When Arphaxad was 135 years old, he
became the father of Cainan. 13After the birth of Cainan, Arphaxad lived
another 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then he died.
When Cainan was 130 years old, he became the father of Shelah. After the
birth of Shelah, Cainan lived another 330 years and had other sons and
daughters, and then he died. Compare Luke 3:35-36. 11:32 Some ancient
versions read 145 years; compare 11:26 and 12:4. 12:7 Hebrew seed.
