Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern hills.

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

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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

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

Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)

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

He said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the Lord.

For the Lord had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

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

After these things Abraham was told, “Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor –

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.

So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes.

But I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not want to go with me?’

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