Genesis 11:10-12:9

New American Standard Bible 1995

Descendants of Shem

^10 (A)These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and ^[a]became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood; ¹¹ and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹² Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah; ¹³ and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁴ Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber; ¹⁵ and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁶ Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg; ¹⁷ and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁸ Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu; ¹⁹ and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters.

²⁰ Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug; ²¹ and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and he had other sons and daughters.

²² Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor; ²³ and Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters.

²⁴ Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of ^(B)Terah; ²⁵ and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters.

²⁶ Terah lived seventy years, and became ^(C)the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

²⁷ Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and ^(D)Haran became the father of ^(E)Lot. ²⁸ Haran died ^[b]in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in ^(F)Ur of the Chaldeans. ²⁹ Abram and ^(G)Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was ^(H)Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was ^(I)Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah ^[c]and Iscah. ^30 (J)Sarai was barren; she had no child.

³¹ Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out ^[d]together from ^(K)Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and ^[e]settled there. ³² The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.

Abram Journeys to Egypt

12 Now ^(L)the Lord said to Abram,

⁴ So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him; and ^(R)Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. ⁵ Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their ^(S)possessions which they had accumulated, and ^(T)the ^[j]persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they ^[k]set out for the land of Canaan; ^(U)thus they came to the land of Canaan. ⁶ Abram passed through the land as far as the site of ^(V)Shechem, to the ^[l]oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land. ⁷ The Lord ^(W)appeared to Abram and said, “^(X)To your ^[m]descendants I will give this land.” So he built ^(Y)an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. ⁸ Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with ^(Z)Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and ^(AA)called upon the name of the Lord. ⁹ Abram journeyed on, continuing toward ^(AB)the ^[n]Negev.