Then the servanttooktencamelsfrom the camelsof his master,and setout with a varietyof goodthingsof his master'sin his hand;and he aroseand wentto Mesopotamia,to the cityof Nahor.
Terahlivedseventyyears,and becamethe fatherof Abram,Nahorand Haran.
Abramand Nahortookwivesfor themselves. The nameof Abram'swifewas Sarai;and the nameof Nahor'swifewas Milcah,the daughterof Haran,the fatherof Milcahand Iscah.
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.
The daysof Terahwere two hundredand fiveyears;and Terahdiedin Haran.
Now it cameabout afterthesethings,that it was toldAbraham,saying,"Behold,Milcahalsohas bornechildrento your brotherNahor:
Abrahamsaidto his servant,the oldestof his household,who hadchargeof allthat he owned, "Pleaseplaceyour handundermy thigh,
Whenthe camelshad finisheddrinking,the mantooka goldringweighinga half-shekeland twobraceletsfor her wristsweighingtenshekels in gold,
The servantbroughtout articlesof silverand articlesof gold,and garments,and gavethem to Rebekah;he also gavepreciousthingsto her brotherand to her mother.
"Nowtherefore, my son,obeymy voice,and arise,fleeto Haran,to my brotherLaban!
Then Jacobwenton his journey,and cameto the landof the sonsof the east.
He looked,and sawa wellin the field,and behold,threeflocksof sheepwere lyingtherebesideit, for from that wellthey wateredthe flocks.Now the stoneon the mouthof the wellwas large.
When the sonsof Ammonsawthat they had madethemselves odiousto David,Hanunand the sonsof Ammonsent1000talentsof silverto hirefor themselves chariotsand horsemenfrom Mesopotamia,from Aram-maacahand from Zobah.
"Parthiansand Medesand Elamites,and residentsof Mesopotamia,Judeaand Cappadocia,Pontusand Asia,
becausethey did not meetyou with foodand wateron the waywhen you cameout of Egypt,and becausethey hiredagainstyou Balaamthe sonof Beorfrom Pethorof Mesopotamia,to curseyou.
