1 And Teraḥ took his son Aḇram and his grandson Lot, son of Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Aḇram, and all the beings of his household and went with them from Ur-Kasdim to go to the land of Kena’an. And when they came as far as the land of Haran they remained there, for it was exceedingly good land for pasture, and of large enough for those who accompanied them.
2 And the people of the land of Ḥaran saw that Aḇram was good and upright with Elohim and men, and that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 his Elohim was with him. And some of the people of the land of Ḥaran came and joined Aḇram, and he taught them the instruction of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 and His Ways, and these men remained with Aḇram in his house and they clung to him.
3 And Aḇram remained in the land three years, and at the passing of three years 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 appeared to Aḇram and said to him; “I am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 who brought you out from Ur-Kasdim, and delivered you from the hands of all your enemies.
4 “And now therefore if you will listen to My voice and keep My Commandments, My Torot and My Laws, then will I cause your enemies to fall before you, and I will multiply your seed like the stars of the shamayim. And I will send My beraḵah on all the works of your hands, and you shall lack nothing.
5 “Arise now, take your wife and all belonging to you and go to the land of Kena’an and remain there, and I will be Elohim to you there, and I will baraḵ you.” And Aḇram rose and took his wife and all belonging to him, and he went to the land of Kena’an as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had told him; and Aḇram was fifty years old when he went from Ḥaran.
6 And Aḇram came to the land of Kena’an and dwelt in the midst of the city, and he pitched his tent there among the children of Kena’an, inhabitants of the land.
7 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 appeared to Aḇram when he came to the land of Kena’an, and said to him, “This is the land which I gave to you and to your seed after you forever. And I will make your seed like the stars of the shamayim, and I will give to your seed all the lands which you see for an inheritance.”
8 And Aḇram built an altar in the place where Elohim had spoken to him, and there Aḇram called on the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
9 At that time, at the end of three years of Aḇram’s dwelling in the land of Kena’an, in that year Noaḥ died, which was the fifty-eighth year of the life of Aḇram. And all the days that Noaḥ lived were nine hundred and fifty years and he died.
10 And Aḇram dwelt in the land of Kena’an, he, his wife, and all belonging to him, and all those that accompanied him, together with those that joined him from the people of the land. But Naḥor, Aḇram’s brother, and Teraḥ his father, and Lot son of Haran and all belonging to them dwelt in Ḥaran.
11 In the fifth year of Aḇram’s dwelling in the land of Kena’an the people of Seḏom and Amorah and all the cities of the plain revolted from the power of Keḏorla’omer, sovereign of Ĕylam; for all the sovereigns of the cities of the plain had served Keḏorla’omer for twelve years, and given him a yearly levy, but in those days, in the thirteenth year, they rebelled against him.
12 And in the tenth year of Aḇram’s dwelling in the land of Kena’an there was fighting between Nimroḏ sovereign of Shin’ar and Keḏorla’omer sovereign of Ĕylam, and Nimroḏ came to fight against Keḏorla’omer and to subdue him.
13 For Keḏorla’omer was at that time one of the princes of the armies of Nimroḏ. And when all the people at the tower were dispersed and those that remained were also scattered over the face of the earth, Keḏorla’omer went to the land of Ĕylam and reigned over it and rebelled against his master.
14 And in those days when Nimroḏ saw that the cities of the plain had rebelled, he came with pride and wrath to fight against Keḏorla’omer. And Nimroḏ assembled all his princes and subjects – about seven hundred thousand men – and went against Keḏorla’omer. And Keḏorla’omer went out to meet him with five thousand men, and they prepared for battle in the valley of Baḇel which is between Ĕylam and Shin’ar.
15 And all those sovereigns fought there, and Nimroḏ and his people were smitten before the people of Keḏorla’omer, and there fell from Nimroḏ’s men about six hundred thousand, and Mardon the sovereign’s son fell among them.
16 And Nimroḏ fled and returned in shame and disgrace to his land, and he was under subjection to Keḏorla’omer for a long time. And Keḏorla’omer returned to his land and sent princes of his army to the sovereigns that dwelt around him, to Aryoḵ sovereign of Ellasar, and to Tiḏ’al sovereign of Goyim, and made a covenant with them, and they were all obedient to his commands.
17 And it came to be in the fifteenth year of Aḇram’s dwelling in the land of Kena’an, which is the seventieth year of the life of Aḇram that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 appeared to Aḇram in that year. And he said to him, “I am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 who brought you out from Ur-Kasdim to give you this land for an inheritance.
18 “Now therefore, walk before Me and be perfect and keep My Commands, for to you and to your seed I will give this land for an inheritance, from the river Mitsrayim to the great river Perath.
19 “And you shall come to your fathers in peace and in good age, and the fourth generation shall return here in this land and shall inherit it forever.” And Aḇram built an altar, and he called on the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 who appeared to him, and he offered burnt offerings on the altar to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
20 At that time Aḇram returned and went to Ḥaran to see his father and mother, and his father’s household. And Aḇram and his wife and all belonging to him returned to Ḥaran , and Aḇram dwelt in Ḥaran five years.
21 And many of the people of Ḥaran, about seventy-two men, followed Aḇram. And Aḇram taught them the instruction of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 and His Ways, and he taught them to know 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
22 In those days 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 appeared to Aḇram in Ḥaran, and He said to him, “See, I spoke to you these twenty years ago saying,
23 “Go out from your land, from your birth-place and from your father’s house, to the land which I have shown you to give it to you and to your children, for there in that land will I baraḵ you, and make you a great nation, and make your name great, and in you shall the clans of the earth be baruḵ.
24 Now therefore arise, go out from this place, you, your wife, and all belonging to you, also every one born in your I house and all the beings you have made in Ḥaran, and bring them out with you from here, and rise to return to the land of Kena’an.
25 And Aḇram arose and took his wife Sarai and all belonging to him and all that were born to him in his house and the beings which they had made in Ḥaran, and they came out to go to the land of Kena’an.
26 And Aḇram went and returned to the land of Kena’an, according to the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and Lot son of his brother Haran went with him. And Aḇram was seventy-five years old when he went out from Ḥaran to return to the land of Kena’an.
27 And he came to the land of Kena’an according to the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 to Aḇram, and he pitched his tent and he dwelt in the plain of Mamrĕ. And with him was Lot his brother’s son, and all belonging to him.
28 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 again appeared to Aḇram and said, “To your seed I will give this land.” And he built an altar there to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 who appeared to him, which is still in the plains of Mamrĕ to this day.