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to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.

He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.

Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they brought him on the way with his wife and all that he had.

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”

Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”

It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.

It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.

There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.

He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on the name of Yahweh.

Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your seed.” He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.

Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.

Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan they came.

So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.

The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.

Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

Sarai was barren. She had no child.

Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.

Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.

Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of sons and daughters.

Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.

Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of sons and daughters.

Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.

Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of sons and daughters.

Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.

Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.

Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.

and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of sons and daughters.

Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber:

Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.

Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of sons and daughters.

This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

They said one to another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.

Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.

Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.

The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.

the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,

Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,

Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).

Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh.”

Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died.

Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.

May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”

He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.

He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers.”

Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.

Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole earth was populated.

The sons of Noah who went forth from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.