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Day 86
This is the account of Tara's family.
Tara was the father of Abram, Nahor and Heron.
And Heron was the father of Lot, but Heron died Iner of the Chaldeans,
the land of his birth, while his father Tara was still living.
Meanwhile, Abram and Naor both married.
The name of Abram's wife was Sarah I and the name of NA's wife was Milka Milka and
her sister Isca were daughters of Nah.
Ho's brother Heron.
But Sarah, I was unable to become pregnant and had no children.
One day Tara took his son, Abram and his daughter-in-law, Sarah, his son,
Abrams wife and his grandson lot, his son Heron's child, and moved
away from her of the Chaldeans.
He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Heron and settled there.
Tara lived for 205 years and died while still in Heron.
The Lord had said to Abram, leave your native country, your relatives
and your father's family and go to the land that I will show you.
I will make you into a great nation.
I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
I will bless those who bless you and curse.
Those who treat you with contempt.
All the families on Earth will be blessed through you.
So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed and lot went with him.
Abram was 75 years old when he left Heron.
He took his wife Sarah, his nephew lot, and all his wealth, his
livestock, and all the people he had taken into his household at Heron
and headed for the land of Canaan.
When they arrived in Canaan, Abram traveled through the
land as far as Shechem.
There, he set up camp beside the oak of Mora.
At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your descendants.
And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the
Lord who had appeared to him.
After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country with
Bethel to the west and AI to the east.
There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord and he worshiped the Lord.
Then Abram continued traveling south by stages toward the Negev.
At that time, a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down
to Egypt where he lived as a foreigner.
As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarah,
I Look, you are a very beautiful woman.
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, this is his wife.
Let's kill him.
Then we can have her.
So please tell them you are my sister.
Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.
And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarah's beauty.
When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to
Pharaoh, their king and Sarah.
I was taken into his palace.
Then Pharaoh gave Abraham many gifts because of her sheep, goats,
cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants and camels.
But the Lord sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh in his household
because of Sarah Abram's wife.
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused him sharply.
What have you done to me?
He demanded, why didn't you tell me she was your wife?
Why did you say she is my sister and allow me to take her as my wife now?
Then here is your wife.
Take her and get out of here.
Pharaoh ordered some of his men to escort them, and he sent Abram
out of the country along with his wife and all his possessions.
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 tent 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 parasites were also living in the land.
Finally, Abrams said to lot.
Let's not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsman.
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
and 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 La 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.
So Abram settled in the land of Canaan and lot moved his 10 to a place near Sodom
and settled among the cities of the plain.
But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly
sinned against the Lord.
After lot had gone, the Lord said to Abraham, look, as far as you can see in
every direction, north and south, east and west, I am giving all this land as far as
you can see to you and your descendants as a permanent possession, that I will
give you so many descendants that like the dust of the earth that cannot be counted.
Go and walk through the land in every direction for I am giving it to you.
So Abram moved his camp to Hein and settled near the Oak
Grove, belonging to Mammary.
There he built another altar to the Lord about this time
war broke out in the region.
King Rafael of Babylonia King, AK of Sr.
King, ER of Elam and King.
Title of Go.
Fought against King Bera of Sodom King.
Beha of Gomorrah King.
Chena of Ama King, Shaba of Zebu, and the King of Bela, also called Zoar.
This second group of kings joined forces in SM Valley that
is the Valley of the Dead Sea.
For 12 years, they had been subject to King Keer, but in the 13th
year they rebelled against him.
One year later, Keer and his allies arrived and defeated the ides at Astor
Roth carna, the Zite at Ham, the mites at Shava Ki, and the Ides at Mount Sr.
As far as Al Prin at the edge of the wilderness.
Then they turned back and came to Mishpat now called Kadish and conquered all the
territory of the Amalekites and also the Amorites living in Hazon tamer.
Then the Rebel Kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, AMA Zebo, and Bela, also
called Zuora prepared for battle in the Valley of the Dead Sea.
They fought against King Kema of Elam King, title of Goya, king Fl of Babylonia,
and King AK of Sr four Kings against five.
As it happened, the Valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits and as the
army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some, fell into the tar pits while
the rest escaped into the mountains.
The victorious invaders then plundered Sodom and Gomorrah and headed for
home, ticking with them all the spoils of war and the food supplies.
They also captured lot Abram's nephew who lived in Sodom and
carried off everything he owned.
But one of lot's men escaped and reported everything to Abram, the
Hebrew who was living near the Oak Grove, belonging to Mammary.
The Amite Mammary and his relatives, escal and AOR were Abram's allies.
When Abram heard that his nephew lot had been captured, he mobilized
the 318 trained men who had been born into his household.
Then he pursued ER's army until it caught up with them at Dan.
There.
He divided his men and attacked during the night ER's Army fled, but Abram chased
them as far as Hoba north of Damascus.
Abram recovered all the goods that had been taken, and he brought back
his nephew lot with his possessions and all the women and other captives.
After Abram returned from his victory over Keer and all his
allies, the King of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shava.
That is the King's Valley.
And Melek, the King of Salem and a priest of God most high brought
Abram some bread and wine Melek.
Blessed Abram with this blessing.
Blessed be Abram by God most high creator of heaven and earth, and
blessed be God most high, who has defeated your enemies for you.
Then Abram gave Malak a 10th of all the goods he had recovered.
The King of Sodom said to Abram, give back my people who were captured,
but you may keep for yourself all the goods you have recovered.
Abram replied to the king of Sodom.
I solemnly swear to the Lord God, most high creator of heaven and earth, that I
will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you.
Otherwise, you might say, I am the one who made Abram rich.
I will accept only what my young warriors have already eaten, and I request that
you give a fair share of the goods to my allies, aor, ko and Mammary.
This concludes today's Immer Reading experience.
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