Genesis 11:10-12:7

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From Shem to Abram^(A)

¹⁰ This is the account^(B) of Shem’s family line.

Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father^[a] of Arphaxad.^{(C) 11} And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹² When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.^{(D) 13} And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.^[b]

¹⁴ When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.^{(E) 15} And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁶ When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.^{(F) 17} And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁸ When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.^{(G) 19} And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁰ When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.^{(H) 21} And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

²² When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.^{(I) 23} And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁴ When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.^{(J) 25} And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁶ After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram,^(K) Nahor^(L) and Haran.^(M)

Abram’s Family

²⁷ This is the account^(N) of Terah’s family line.

Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor^(O) and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.^{(P) 28} While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans,^(Q) in the land of his birth. ²⁹ Abram and Nahor^(R) both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,^(S) and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah;^(T) she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. ³⁰ Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.^(U)

³¹ Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot^(V) son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law^(W) Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans^(X) to go to Canaan.^(Y) But when they came to Harran,^(Z) they settled there.

³² Terah^(AA) lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.

The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household^(AB) to the land^(AC) I will show you.^(AD)

⁴ So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot^(AJ) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old^(AK) when he set out from Harran.^{(AL) 5} He took his wife Sarai,^(AM) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated^(AN) and the people^(AO) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,^(AP) and they arrived there.

⁶ Abram traveled through the land^(AQ) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh^(AR) at Shechem.^(AS) At that time the Canaanites^(AT) were in the land. ⁷ The Lord appeared to Abram^(AU) and said, “To your offspring^[e] I will give this land.^(AV)”^(AW) So he built an altar there to the Lord,^(AX) who had appeared to him.