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And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.

And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.

And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.

And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.

And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

For twelve years they were under the rule of Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they put off his control.

And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were on his side, overcame the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.

And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.

And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.

And he got back all the goods, and Lot, his brother's son, with his goods and the women and the people.

And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.