Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided,<n id="1" /> and his brother&#8217;s name was Joktan.

<t /><p class="bodytext">This is the account of Shem.p> <p class="bodytext">Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other<n id="1" /> sons and daughters.<n id="2" />p>

And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other<n id="1" /> sons and daughters.p>

And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.p>

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

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

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

<p class="bodytext">So Abram left,<n id="1" /> just as the <sc>Lordsc> had told him to do,<n id="2" /> and Lot went with him. (Now<n id="3" /> Abram was 75 years old<n id="4" /> when he departed from Haran.)

<p class="bodytext">But Abram said, &#8220;O sovereign <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> what will you give me since<n id="2" /> I continue to be<n id="3" /> childless, and my heir<n id="4" /> is<n id="5" /> Eliezer of Damascus?&#8221;<n id="6" />

Then the <sc>Lord&#8217;sc>s angel said to her,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You are now<n id="1" /> pregnantp> <p class="poetry">and are about to give birth<n id="2" /> to a son.p> <p class="poetry">You are to name him Ishmael,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> has heard your painful groans.<n id="4" />p>

I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations.<n id="1" /> Kings of countries<n id="2" /> will come from her!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed<n id="1" /> as he said to himself,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Can<n id="3" /> a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old?<n id="4" /> Can Sarah<n id="5" /> bear a child at the age of ninety?&#8221;<n id="6" />

Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant,<n id="1" /> who quickly prepared it.<n id="2" />

Abraham<n id="1" /> then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food<n id="2" /> before them. They ate while<n id="3" /> he was standing near them under a tree.p>

One of them<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;I will surely return<n id="2" /> to you when the season comes round again,<n id="3" /> and your wife Sarah will have a son!&#8221;<n id="4" /> (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.<n id="5" />

Then the two visitors<n id="1" /> said to Lot, &#8220;Who else do you have here?<n id="2" /> Do you have<n id="3" /> any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city?<n id="4" /> Get them out of this<n id="5" /> place

<p class="bodytext">Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand,<n id="1" /> and the two of them walked on together.

Isaac said to his father Abraham,<n id="1" /> &#8220;My father?&#8221; &#8220;What is it,<n id="2" /> my son?&#8221; he replied. &#8220;Here is the fire and the wood,&#8221; Isaac said,<n id="3" /> &#8220;but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?&#8221;

and said, &#8220;&#8216;I solemnly swear by my own name,&#8217;<n id="1" /> decrees the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" /> &#8216;that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,