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When Serug was 30 years old, his son Nahor was born.

When Nahor was 29 years old, his son Terah was born.

After Terah was 70 years old, his sons Abram, Nahor, and Haran were born.

While his father, Terah, was still alive, Haran died in Ur in Babylonia, where he was born.

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai (Abram's wife) and moved out of Ur of Babylonia. They had planned to go to the land of Canaan, but when they reached the city of Haran, they settled there.

He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and everything they owned, as well as all the servants they had gotten in Haran. They set out from Haran, planning to go to the land of Canaan, and in time they arrived there.

Then he traveled from Shechem to the mountain east of Bethel and set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. There Abram built another altar to the Lord and worshiped him.

Just before they arrived in Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know you are a very beautiful woman.

When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife.' Then they will kill me but let you live.

But the Lord sent terrible diseases on the king and all the people in his house because of Abram's wife Sarai.

Then the king commanded his men to make Abram leave Egypt; so Abram and his wife left with everything they owned.

So Abram, his wife, and Lot left Egypt, taking everything they owned, and traveled to southern Canaan.

So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord .

Now Kedorlaomer and his armies took everything the people of Sodom and Gomorrah owned, including their food.

When Abram learned that Lot had been captured, he called out his 318 trained men who had been born in his camp. He led the men and chased the enemy all the way to the town of Dan.

That night he divided his men into groups, and they made a surprise attack against the enemy. They chased them all the way to Hobah, north of Damascus.

After these things happened, the Lord spoke his word to Abram in a vision: "Abram, don't be afraid. I will defend you, and I will give you a great reward."

Then the Lord spoke his word to Abram: "He will not be the one to inherit what you have. You will have a son of your own who will inherit what you have."

Ishmael will be like a wild donkey. He will be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will attack all his brothers."

Any male who is not circumcised will be cut off from his people, because he has broken my agreement."