Abram (that is, Abraham).

Abram continually journeyed by stages ¹  down to the Negev. ² 

When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, ¹  and God said to him, ² 

When Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree ¹  of Moreh ²  at Shechem. ³  (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.) ⁴ 

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt ¹  to stay for a while ²  because the famine was severe. ³ 

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

So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. ¹  He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot. ² 

This was the place where he had first built the altar, ¹  and there Abram worshiped the Lord. ² 

Now Lot, who was traveling ¹  with Abram, also had ²  flocks, herds, and tents.

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain ¹  and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

So Abram moved his tents and went to live ¹  by the oaks ²  of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

They also took Abram’s nephew ¹  Lot and his possessions when ²  they left, for Lot ³  was living in Sodom. ⁴ 

He blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by ¹  the Most High God, Creator ²  of heaven and earth. ³ 

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

Abram added, ¹  “Since ²  you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!” ³ 

Now Sarai, ¹  Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, ²  but she had an Egyptian servant ³  named Hagar. ⁴ 

So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael. ¹ 

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, ¹  and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; ²  she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.