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.

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the Lord blessed him.

May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”

Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.

You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”

These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,