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J A N U A R Y
became the father of Abram, Nahor,
and Haran.
27 This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was the father of Abram,
Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the
father of Lot. 28But Haran died in Ur of
the Chaldeans, the land of his birth,
while his father, Terah, was still living.
29Mean-while, Abram and Nahor both
married. The name of Abram’s wife was
Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was
Milcah. (Milcah and her sister Iscah
were daughters of Nahor’s brother
Haran.) 30But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children.
31One day Terah took his son Abram,
his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son
Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his
son Haran’s child) and moved away from
Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for
the land of Canaan, but they stopped at
Haran and settled there. 32 Terah lived
for 205 years* and died while still in
Haran.
12:1The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave
your native country, your relatives, and
your father’s family, and go to the land
that I will show you. 2I will make you into
a great nation. I will bless you and make
you famous, and you will be a blessing to
others. 3I will bless those who bless you
and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be
blessed through you.”
4So Abram departed as the Lord had
instructed, and Lot went with him.
Abram was seventy-five years old when
he left Haran. 5He took his wife, Sarai,
his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his
livestock and all the people he had
taken into his household at Haran—and
headed for the land of Canaan. When
they arrived in Canaan, 6Abram traveled
through the land as far as Shechem.
There he set up camp beside the oak of
Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram
and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.*” And Abram built an altar
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there and dedicated it to the Lord, who
had appeared to him. 8After that, Abram
traveled south and set up camp in the hill
country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to
the east. There he built another altar and
dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord. 9 Then Abram continued traveling south by stages toward the
Negev.
10At that time a severe famine struck
the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go
down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner. 11As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife,
Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful
woman. 12 When the Egyptians see you,
they will say, ‘This is his wife. Let’s kill
him; then we can have her!’ 13 So please
tell them you are my sister. Then they
will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.”
14And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai’s
beauty. 15 When the palace officials saw
her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh,
their king, and Sarai was taken into his
palace. 16Then Pharaoh gave Abram
many gifts because of her—sheep, goats,
cattle, male and female donkeys, male
and female servants, and camels.
17 But the Lord sent terrible plagues
upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused
him sharply. “What have you done to
me?” he demanded. “Why didn’t you
tell me she was your wife? 19 Why did
you say, ‘She is my sister,’ and allow me
to take her as my wife? Now then, here is
your wife. Take her and get out of here!”
20Pharaoh ordered some of his men to
escort them, and he sent Abram out of
the country, along with his wife and all
his possessions.
13:1So
Abram left Egypt and traveled
north into the Negev, along with his wife
and Lot and all that they owned. 2 (Abram
was very rich in livestock, silver, and
gold.) 3From the Negev, they continued
traveling by stages toward Bethel, and
they pitched their tents between Bethel
