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So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."

And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."

So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring." So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared."

So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife?

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

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

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

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

Abram continued, "Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir."