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God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations;

Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and fire them thoroughly." And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

And they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let's make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth."

And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

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

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

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

Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and he gave him sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

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

And the land could not support both of them while living together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

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!

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

for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.

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

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

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 the Valley of Siddim,

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

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give the people to me and take the possessions for yourself."