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Eber had two sons. The name of one was Peleg, for the earth was divided in his day. The name of his brother was Joktan.

Haran died with his father Terah beside him in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldeans.

Terah took his son Abram, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram and they went together from Ur of the Chaldeans to the land of Canaan. But when they went as far as Haran, they made their home there.

Abram took his wife Sarai, and his brother's son Lot, and all the things they had gathered, and the people who joined them in Haran. And they left to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.

Then he went from there to the mountain east of Bethel. He put up his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

When he was about to go into Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, "I know that you are a beautiful woman.

When the men of Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.' And they will kill me, but they will let you live.

But the Lord sent much sickness upon Pharaoh and his house because of Abram's wife Sarai.

And Pharaoh told his men what to do with Abram. They led him away with his wife and all that belonged to him.

So Abram left Egypt and went to the Negev, with his wife and all that belonged to him. And Lot went with him.

He traveled from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

Now Lot, who went with Abram, had flocks and cattle and tents of his own.

Abram made his home in the land of Canaan. Lot made his home in the cities of the valley and moved his tents as far as Sodom,

Then Abram moved his tent and came to live among the oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord.

Then one who had run for his life came and told Abram the Hebrew. Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.

When Abram heard that one of his family had been taken away, he led 318 men who had been born in his house and whom he had taught to fight. They went after them as far as Dan.

Abram divided his army against them by night, he and his servants. They won the war against them, and followed them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

Then Abram returned with all the things they had taken. He also returned with his brother's son Lot and all that belonged to him, and the women and the people.

So Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, who served her, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife. That was after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan.

He will be a wild donkey of a man. His hand will be against all people. And the hand of all people will be against him. He will live to the east of all his brothers."