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.

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.

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

This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of 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 went, just as the Lord had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Harran.

They carried away Abram’s nephew Lot and the things he owned. Lot was living in Sodom at that time.

Terah left Ur in Babylon. He took with him his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. Terah also took his daughter- in- law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram. All of them left together to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they made their home there.

God saved Lot, a man who did what was right. Lot was shocked by the evil conduct of people who didn’t obey God’s laws.

Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev Desert. He took his wife and everything he had. Lot went with him.Abram had become very rich. He had a lot of livestock and silver and gold.Abram left the Negev Desert. He went from place to place until he came to Bethel. Then he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier.There he called on the name of the Lord at the altar he had built.Lot was moving around with Abram. Lot also had flocks and herds and tents.But the land didn’t have enough food for both Abram and Lot. They had large herds and many servants, so they weren’t able to stay together.The people who took care of Abram’s herds and those who took care of Lot’s herds began to argue. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.So Abram said to Lot,“ Let’s not argue with each other. The people taking care of your herds and those taking care of mine shouldn’t argue with one another either. After all, we’re part of the same family.Isn’t the whole land in front of you? Let’s separate. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right. If you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”Lot looked around. He saw that the whole Jordan River valley toward the town of Zoar had plenty of water. It was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.So Lot chose the whole Jordan River valley for himself. Then he started out toward the east. The two men separated.

The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting near the gate of the city. When Lot saw the angels, he got up to greet them. He bowed down with his face to the ground.“ My lords,” he said,“ please come to my house. You can wash your feet and spend the night there. Then you can go on your way early in the morning.”“ No,” they answered.“ We’ll spend the night in the town square.”But Lot wouldn’t give up. So they went with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them. He baked bread without using yeast. And they ate.Before Lot and his guests had gone to bed, all the men came from every part of the city of Sodom. Young and old men alike surrounded the house.They called out to Lot. They said,“ Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us. We want to have sex with them.”Lot went outside to meet them. He shut the door behind him.He said,“ No, my friends. Don’t do such an evil thing.Look, I have two daughters that no man has ever slept with. I’ll bring them out to you now. Then do to them what you want to. But don’t do anything to these men. I’ve brought them inside so they can be safe.”“ Get out of our way!” the men of Sodom replied to Lot.“ You came here as an outsider. Now you want to act like a judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept trying to force Lot to open the door. Then they moved forward to break it down.But the angels inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door.Then they made the men who were at the door of the house blind. They blinded both young and old men so that they couldn’t find the door.The two angels said to Lot,“ Do you have any other family members here? Do you have sons- in- law, sons, daughters or any other relatives in the city? Get them out of here!We are going to destroy this place. Many have cried out to the Lord against the people of this city. So he has sent us to destroy it.”Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons- in- law. They had promised to marry his daughters. He said,“ Hurry up! Get out of this place! The Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons- in- law thought he was joking.The sun was coming up. So the angels tried to get Lot to leave. They said,“ Hurry up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out! If you don’t, you will be swept away when the city is destroyed.”Lot didn’t move right away. So the men grabbed him by the hand. They also took hold of the hands of his wife and two daughters. They led all of them safely out of the city. The Lord had mercy on them.As soon as the angels had brought them out, one of them spoke. He said,“ Run for your lives! Don’t look back! Don’t stop anywhere in the valley! Run to the mountains! If you don’t, you will be swept away!”But Lot said to them,“ No, my lords! Please!You have done me a big favor. You have been very kind to me by sparing my life. But I can’t run to the mountains. I won’t be able to escape this horrible thing that’s going to happen. And then I’ll die.Look, here’s a town near enough to run to. It’s small. Let me run to it. It’s very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”The Lord said to Lot,“ All right. I will also give you what you are asking for. I will not destroy the town you are talking about.But run there quickly. I can’t do anything until you reach it.” The town was named Zoar. Zoar means Small.By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.Then the Lord sent down burning sulfur. It came down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah. It came from the Lord. It came out of the sky.The Lord destroyed these cities and the whole valley. All the people who were living in the cities were wiped out. So were the plants in the land.But Lot’s wife looked back. When she did, she became a pillar made out of salt.Early the next morning Abraham got up. He returned to the place where he had stood in front of the Lord.He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley. He saw thick smoke rising from the land. It looked like smoke from a furnace.So when God destroyed the cities of the valley, he showed concern for Abraham. He brought Lot out safely when he destroyed the cities where Lot had lived.