Harandiedin the presenceof his fatherTerahin the landof his birth,in Urof the Chaldeans.
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.
And He saidto him, "I am the LORDwhobroughtyou out of Urof the Chaldeans,to giveyou thislandto possessit."
"You are the LORDGod,WhochoseAbramAnd broughthim out from Urof the Chaldees,And gavehim the nameAbraham.
While he was stillspeaking,anotheralso cameand said,"The Chaldeansformedthreebandsand madea raidon the camelsand tookthem and slewthe servantswith the edgeof the sword,and I alonehave escapedto tellyou."