And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.

When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he mobilized his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders as far as Dan.

that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, ‘It is I who made Abram rich.’

The Lord said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

So Abram took all these for him and then cut them in two and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half.

No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Then God said to Abraham, “As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?” He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

“Very well,” he replied, “I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.

So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.

So they made their father drunk that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up.

Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.