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And two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

During his father Terah's lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will allow you to live.

The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.

Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.

So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev-he and his wife and all his possessions-and Lot was with him.

From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

They also carried off Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.

And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer's army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.

So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.

He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant."