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^(C1)These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he fathered Arpachshad, two years after the flood;

and Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arpachshad, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and fathered Shelah;

and Arpachshad lived 403 years after he fathered Shelah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Shelah lived thirty years, and fathered Eber;

and Shelah lived 403 years after he fathered Eber, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Eber lived thirty-four years, and fathered Peleg;

and Eber lived 430 years after he fathered Peleg, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Peleg lived thirty years, and fathered Reu;

and Peleg lived 209 years after he fathered Reu, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Reu lived thirty-two years, and fathered Serug;

and Reu lived 207 years after he fathered Serug, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Serug lived thirty years, and fathered Nahor;

and Serug lived two hundred years after he fathered Nahor, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and fathered ^(C1)Terah;

and Nahor lived 119 years after he fathered Terah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Terah lived seventy years, and ^(C1)fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and ^(C1)Haran fathered ^(C2)Lot.

Haran died ^(F1)during the lifetime of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in ^(C1)Ur of the Chaldeans.

Abram and ^(C1)Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was ^(C2)Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was ^(C3)Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah ^(F1)and Iscah.

^(C1)Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.

Now Terah took his son Abram, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they departed ^(F1)together from ^(C1)Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran and ^(F2)settled there.

The days of Terah were 205 years; and Terah died in Haran.

Now ^(C1)the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;

And ^(C1)I will make you into a great nation, And ^(C2)I will bless you, And make your name great; And you shall ^(C3)be a blessing;

And ^(C1)I will bless those who bless you, And the one who ^(F1)curses you I will ^(F2)curse. ^(C2)And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."

So Abram went away as the LORD had spoken to him; and ^(C1)Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot, and all their ^(C1)possessions which they had accumulated, and ^(C2)the ^(F1)people which they had acquired in Haran, and they ^(F2)set out for the land of Canaan; ^(C3)so they came to the land of Canaan.

Abram passed through the land as far as the site of ^(C1)Shechem, to the ^(F1)oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time.

And the LORD ^(C1)appeared to Abram and said, "^(C2)To your ^(F1)descendants I will give this land." So he built ^(C3)an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.

Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent with ^(C1)Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and ^(C2)called upon the name of the LORD.

Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward ^(C1)the ^(F1)Negev.

Now there was ^(C1)a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was ^(C2)severe in the land.

It came about, when he ^(F1)was approaching Egypt, that he said to his wife Sarai, "See now, I know that you are a ^(F2)(C1)beautiful woman;

^(C1)and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife'; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

"Please say that you are ^(C1)my sister so that it may go well for me because of you, and that ^(F1)(C2)I may live on account of you."

Now it came about, when Abram entered Egypt, that the Egyptians ^(F1)saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and ^(C1)the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Therefore ^(C1)he treated Abram well for her sake; and ^(F1)(C2)he gave him sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

But the LORD ^(C1)struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, "^(C1)What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

"Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for myself as a wife? Now then, ^(F1)here is your wife, take her and go!"

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they ^(F1)escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.

So Abram went up from Egypt to ^(C1)the ^(F1)Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.

Now Abram was ^(C1)very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

And he went ^(F1)on his journeys from the ^(F2)Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, ^(C1)between Bethel and Ai,

to the place of the ^(C1)altar which he had made there previously; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Now ^(C1)Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

And ^(C1)the land could not ^(F1)support both of them ^(F2)while living together, ^(C2)for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

^(C1)And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. Now ^(C2)the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.

^(C1)So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are relatives!

"Is the entire land not before you? Please separate from me; if you choose the left, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right, then I will go to the left."

Lot raised his eyes and saw all the ^(F1)vicinity of the ^(C1)Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD ^(C2)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like ^(C3)the garden of the LORD, ^(C4)like the land of Egypt ^(F2)going toward ^(C5)Zoar.

So Lot chose for himself all the ^(F1)vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other.

Abram ^(F1)settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot ^(F1)settled in ^(C1)the cities of the ^(F2)vicinity of the Jordan, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.

Now ^(C1)the men of Sodom were ^(F1)exceedingly wicked ^(C2)sinners against the LORD.

The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "^(C1)Now raise your eyes and look from the place where you are, ^(C2)northward and southward, and eastward and westward;

^(C1)for all the land which you see ^(C2)I will give to you and to your ^(F1)descendants forever.

"I will make your ^(F1)descendants ^(C1)as plentiful as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can count the dust of the earth, then your ^(F1)descendants could also be counted.

"Arise, ^(C1)walk about in the land through its length and width; for ^(C2)I will give it to you."

Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the ^(F1)(C1)oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and there he built ^(C2)an altar to the LORD.

And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of ^(C1)Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of ^(C2)Elam, and Tidal king of ^(F1)Goiim,

that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of ^(C1)Admah, and Shemeber king of ^(C2)Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, ^(C3)Zoar).

All these kings ^(F1)came as allies to ^(C1)the Valley of Siddim (that is, ^(C2)the Salt Sea).

For twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and ^(F1)defeated the ^(C1)Rephaim in ^(C2)Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in ^(F2)(C3)Shaveh-kiriathaim,

and the ^(C1)Horites on their Mount Seir, as far as ^(C2)El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, ^(C1)Kadesh), and ^(F1)conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in ^(C2)Hazazon-tamar.

And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they lined up for battle against them in ^(C1)the Valley of Siddim,

against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of ^(F1)Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and ^(C1)the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell ^(F1)into them. But those who survived fled to the ^(C2)hill country.

Then they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed.

They also took Lot, ^(C1)Abram's nephew, and his possessions and departed, ^(C2)for he was living in Sodom.

Then ^(F1)a survivor came and told Abram the ^(C1)Hebrew. Now he was residing by the ^(F2)(C2)oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and they were ^(F3)(C3)allies with Abram.