This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.

他拉的后代记在下面。他拉生亚伯兰、拿鹤、哈兰；哈兰生罗得。

这是他拉的后代。他拉生亚伯兰、拿鹤和哈兰；哈兰生罗得。

这是他拉的后代。他拉生亚伯兰、拿鹤和哈兰；哈兰生罗得。

以下是他拉的后代。他拉生亚伯兰、拿鹤和哈兰，哈兰生罗得。

以下是他拉的后代：他拉生亚伯兰、拿鹤和哈兰；哈兰生罗得。

以下是塔勒的谱系：塔勒生了亚伯兰、拿鹤、哈兰；哈兰生了罗得。

他拉的後代記在下面。他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴、哈蘭；哈蘭生羅得。

這是他拉的後代。他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴和哈蘭；哈蘭生羅得。

這是他拉的後代。他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴和哈蘭；哈蘭生羅得。

以下是他拉的後代。他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴和哈蘭，哈蘭生羅得。

以下是他拉的後代：他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴和哈蘭；哈蘭生羅得。

以下這些人是他拉的後代。他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴、哈蘭；哈蘭生羅得。

以下是塔勒的譜系：塔勒生了亞伯蘭、拿鶴、哈蘭；哈蘭生了羅得。

他拉之裔如左、他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴、哈蘭、哈蘭生羅得、

他拉之裔如左。他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴、哈蘭、哈蘭生羅得。

他拉之裔如左、他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴、哈蘭、哈蘭生羅得、

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

Here is the story of Terah’s family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.

These are the family records of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot.

Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.

This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.

Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

These are the family records of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot.

Now these[ are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

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

Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.

So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy five years old when he left Haran.

They also captured Lot— Abram’s nephew who lived in Sodom— and carried off everything he owned.

One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter in law Sarai( his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot( his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.

But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him.

So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.( Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the Lord again.Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot.( At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)Finally Abram said to Lot,“ Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I’ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I’ll go to the left.”Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt.( This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.

That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.“ My lords,” he said,“ come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.”“ Oh no,” they replied.“ We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.They shouted to Lot,“ Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door behind him.“ Please, my brothers,” he begged,“ don’t do such a wicked thing.Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.”“ Stand back!” they shouted.“ This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he’s acting like our judge! We’ll treat you far worse than those other men!” And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot.“ Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked.“ Get them out of this place— your sons in law, sons, daughters, or anyone else.For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the Lord, and he has sent us to destroy it.”So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés,“ Quick, get out of the city! The Lord is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent.“ Hurry,” they said to Lot.“ Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful.When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered,“ Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”“ Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged.“ You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.See, there is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don’t you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved.”“ All right,” the angel said,“ I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.”( This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means“ little place.”)Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon.Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation.But Lot’s wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt.Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the Lord’s presence.He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.But God had listened to Abraham’s request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.