The waters kept receding steadily from the earth, so that they had gone down by the end of the 150 days.

and sent out a raven; it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.

I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.

From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.

The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.

Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive.

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.

He blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.

Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”

When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.

Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.