Now theseare [the records of] the generationsof Terah.Terahbecamethe fatherof Abram,Nahorand Haran;and Haranbecamethe fatherof Lot.
TerahtookAbramhis son,and Lotthe sonof Haran,his grandson,and Saraihis daughter-in-law,his sonAbram'swife;and they wentout togetherfrom Urof the Chaldeansin order to enterthe landof Canaan;and they wentas faras Haran,and settledthere.
So Abramwentforth as the LORDhad spokento him; and Lotwentwith him. Now Abramwas seventy-fiveyearsoldwhen he departedfrom Haran.
AbramtookSaraihis wifeand Lothis nephew,and alltheir possessionswhichthey had accumulated,and the personswhichthey had acquiredin Haran,and they setout for the landof Canaan;thus they cameto the landof Canaan.
They also tookLot,Abram'snephew,and his possessionsand departed,for he was livingin Sodom.
Now it cameabout afterthesethings,that it was toldAbraham,saying,"Behold,Milcahalsohas bornechildrento your brotherNahor:
Abram,that is Abraham.
Joshuasaidto allthe people,"Thussaysthe LORD,the Godof Israel,'From ancienttimesyour fatherslivedbeyondthe River,[namely], Terah,the fatherof Abrahamand the fatherof Nahor,and they servedothergods.
and [if] He rescuedrighteousLot,oppressedby the sensualconductof unprincipled men
