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~25~ And Peleg ben Ever died in those days, in the forty-eighth year of Avraham ben Nahor's life. And there will be all the days of Peleg, thirty-nine years and two hundred years and he died. And it came to pass when God distributed the people of men in the wickedness of the tower over the whole earth, and they were scattered into many parts. And all the people will be separated into four winds of the whole earth, and all the families will be family and family to the tongue and the land and its cities. And the people of men built many cities for their families in all the places they went from there, and in all the land that God spread them. And there were of them who built their cities in places where their names had been abandoned, and they called those cities after their names or after names between them or after a name about them. And the sons of Japheth, the son of Noah, went and built them cities in the places that were scattered there, and they called all the cities by their names, and the sons of Japheth were divided on the face of the earth into many parts and tongues. And these are the names of all their families and all their cities that they built for them in those days after the tower. And these are the sons of Japheth by their families, Gomer, and Magog, and Medi, and Jon, and Tobal, and Meshach, and Tiras. These are the sons of Japheth for their history. And the sons of Gomer will be in their cities, they are Porcanos who live in the land of France on the river France on the river Sina. And the people of Rifat are Bretons who live in the land of Bretania on the Lida river which pours its waters into the great sea Gihon is the ocean. And the sons of Tugrama are ten families and those whose names are dead: Bozer, Partinach, Bulger, Alikanos, Ragbiv, Turki, Buz, Zbich, Ungel, Tilmetz. And among them Bozar and Elicanus and Regbiv and Turki and Buz and Zebich and Tilmetz - all these spread out and encamped to the north and built cities for them. And they will call the names of the cities after their names, they camp on the rivers of Yitlahu and Atalach to this day. But Angri, Bulgar and Pertsinach are located on the great river Dubni River, and the names of their cities are also named after them. And the sons of Ion are the Ionians who dwell in the land of Candia and the Medes, they are Arzalus who dwell in the land of Kursen. And the children of Tobal are the ones who live in the land of Toshkena on the river Pashia. And the sons of Meshach are the shoshabni of Tiras Rushash Koshni and English. All these went and built them cities, they are the cities that sit on the Jebus Sea, on the Bira River that flows into the Turgan River.
~26~ And the sons of Elisha are Almaniya and they will also go and build them cities, they are the cities that sit between the mountains of Yob and their return. And of them will be the Lombards who live beyond the rivers Jub and their return, and they will conquer the land of Italy and live in it to this day. And the Gentiles are the Romans stationed in the Kanafia Valley on the Tiberias Sea. And they are cousins ââwho live within the cities of Yam Gihon in the land of Ardena. These are the families of the children of Japheth in their cities and in their tongues, according to the tower that spread there. And the sons of Ham son of Noah will also go and build them cities in the places that are spread there, and they will also call the names of their cities after their names and because of them. And these are the names of all their cities and all their families that they built for them in those days after the tower. And the children of Ham shall be Cush, and the Egyptians Put, and Canaan. And the children of Egypt shall be the Lodis, and the Anim, and the Hebrews, and the open ones, and the Pathruses, and the Seluchites, and the Kephthors, seven families. All these they will camp on Yoar Shihor is the river of Egypt, and they will build them cities and call their cities after them. And the sons of Patrus and the sons of Kishloh married one another, and from them came the Philistines, the Gerarites, the Gazaites, the Gathites, and the Ekronites, five families in all. They also built cities for them and will call their cities after the names of their ancestors, until this day. And the Canaanites also built them cities and called their cities by their names, eleven cities and their courts are innumerable. And four people from the family of Ham went, and they all came to the land of the plain. And these are the names of the people: Sodom, Gomorrah, Adama, Zeboim. And these people built four cities for them in the land of the square, and called the names of their cities after their names. And they dwelt in these cities, and their sons, and all that they had, and they prospered and multiplied exceedingly, and dwelt securely. And Sheir son of Hur son of Hui son of Canaan went and found a valley against Mount Paran, and built a city there and lived there, he and his seven sons and his household. And he called the city that Seir built after his name, it is the land of Seir to this day. These are the families of the sons of Ham according to their tongues and their cities, who spread there to their lands after the tower.
~27~ And the sons of Shem, son of Ham, the father of all the sons of Eber, also went from them, and they built their cities in the places that were spread there, and they called the cities by their names. And the sons of Shem will be Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lod, and Aram, and they will build them cities and call the names of all their cities after their names. And Ashur the son of Shem, he and his sons and the members of his household, went out at that time with a very large number, and they went and went away to the land they found. And they will find a very wide valley in the land they went there, and they will build four cities there and call them names after their names and names about them. And these are the names of all the cities that the Assyrians built for them, Nineveh and Resen and Calah and the streets of Ir, and the Assyrians lived there until this day. The sons of Aram also went and built them a city and called the name of the city Uz after the name of their first brother, and they lived in it, it is the land of Uz to this day. And it came to pass in the second year after the tower, that a man came out of the land of Nineveh from the house of Assyria, and his name was Bala. And he went to dwell wherever he and his house could be found, and they came as far as the cities of the plain opposite Sodom and dwelt there. And the man arose and built a small city there and called its name Bela after his name, it is the land of Tzoer to this day - these are all the families of the people of Shem according to their languages ââand all their cities, which were spread there in the land after the tower. And every country and country city and city family and family from all the family of Noah, they built many cities for them after that. And kings will reign over them in all their cities to behave according to them, so will all the families of Noah's sons do forever. And Nimrod son of Cush was still in the land of Shenar, and he reigned over it and lived there and built many cities there in the land of Shenar. And these are the names of the cities that he built four cities and called them names because of what he called them in the building of the tower, and he called the name of one Babylon to say that the name of Babylon is the language of the whole earth. And the name of the second called Arch, to say that from there the Lord distributed them. And the third is Akkad, to say that there was a great war in that place. And the fourth is ours, to say that there all his ministers and heroes died and were destroyed and they were scattered over him and rebelled against him. And it came to pass when Nimrod built those cities in the land of Shanar, and settled in them the rest of his people and his ministers and heroes who remained with him in his kingdom. ~28~ And Nimrod sat in Babylon and resumed his kingdom there with the rest of his servants and reigned safely, and all Nimrod's servants and his servants called his name Amrapal to say, because all his ministers and all his men fell in the building of the tower and because of it. And yet Nimrod did not return to God, and Joseph continued to condemn and teach condemnation to all human beings. And his son Mardon condemned his father, and Joseph did and added to all the abominations of his father. And he made the sons of men to sin, therefore they will say that from the wicked comes evil, so at that time there was a war between the families of the sons of Ham when they lived in their lands that they had built for them. And Kedar Lamar, king of Elam, came out of the families of the sons of Ham, and fought the families of the sons of Ham and Haniam under his hand. And he went to the five cities of the plain, and fought with them and subdued them and they were under his hand. And they served him for twelve years, and gave him a tax every year. At that time, Nahor ben Shurog died in that year, which is the forty-ninth year of Abram ben Terah. And all the days of Nehor were forty-eight years and one hundred years, and he died. And it came to pass in the fiftieth year of the life of Abram son of Terah, that Abram left Noah's house and went to his father's house. And Abram knew God and walked in God's ways and morals, and God was his God with him. And his father Terah was still minister of the army to King Nimrod in those days, and he was still following Nimrod's ways to worship other Gods, wood and stone. And Abram came to his father's house and saw his father's God, twelve gods, all standing in his father's house in their temples. And Abram was also jealous when he saw the photographers in his father's house. And Abram said, Hail God if these photographers stand in their place in my father's house. Thus will God who created me do to me and thus will he add, if not for three days I will break them all, and Abram came out of them and his anger burned in him. And Abram hurried and went out of the room to his father's outer court and found his father sitting in the court and all his servants with him, and Abram came and sat before his father. And Abram asked his father, saying, My father, tell me who is the God who created the heavens and the earth and who created all the human beings on the earth and who created you and who also created me in the land.
~29~ And Yaan called Terah his son Abram and said to him, Behold, he created all these with us in the house. And Abram said to his father, ``Raise me, my Lord,'' and he brought Abram his son to the inner court to the room. And Abram looked, and behold, the whole room was full of gods of wood and stone, twelve great photographers and other small ones with them without number. And Terah said to his son, Behold, these are the ones who made all that I have seen in all the land, and they are the ones who created me and you and all the people in the land. And Terah bowed down to all his God and went out from there, and Abram his son went out from there with him. And when Abram went out from there, he went and sat before his mother and said to his mother, Behold, my father has shown me what the heavens and the earth and the sons of men have done. And now hurry and please take me a goat from the flock and make it tasty, and I brought those tasty things to my God my father as an offering to eat, maybe I will fall before them. And his mother did so and took goats and made them tasty, and brought them to Abram. And Abram took the delicacies from his mother's hand, and brought them before the God of his father. And he approached them to eat and Terah his father did not know. And it happened that he was sitting with them that day, and Abraham saw them, and behold, they had no voice, no attention, and no movement, and not one of them put out a hand to eat. And Abram rebuked them and said, But now, because the delicacies I made did not benefit them, or they are little for them, therefore they will not eat. And now I will do them tomorrow for other good reasons and many more than this until I see what is left of them. And it happened the next day that Abram sent his mother to the delicacies, and his mother got up and took three good goats from the flock and made them into good delicacies as her son loved. And she gave the delicacies in the hand of Abram her son, and Terah his father did not know. And Abram took the delicacies from his mother's hand, and made an offering before the God of his father. And he came to them to eat and gave before them all, and Abram sat before them all that day that they might eat. And Abram saw them, and behold, they had no voice and no attention, and none of them sent a hand to the delicacies to eat. And the Spirit of God clothed Abram after that on that day in the evening inside that house. And he called and said, Woe and woe to my father and to all this evil generation, who have bent together after vanity, and have worshiped such idols as wood and stone, which they will not eat, nor smell, nor hear, nor speak. Here they are, and their eyes will not speak to them, and their ears will not see them, and their hands will not hear, and their feet will not eat, and they will not walk. Like them will be all their doers and all who trust in them, and all who worship and bow to them. And when Abram saw all these things and all the bad deeds, he was very angry with his father, and he hurried and went and took the swords in his hand and came to the God of his father and broke all the Gods of his father. And after that he finished breaking the photographers, and he gave the cards into the hand of the great god who was there before them and went out.
~30~ And Terah his father came to his house and heard the sound of the plague from the door of the house, and Terah came home to know what it was and what it was for. And Terah heard the sound of the drums in the photographers' room and Terah ran to enter the photographers, and he found Abram his son when he left there. And Terah came to the entrance and found all the idols falling, all broken, and the crucifixes in the hand of the greatest of them because it was not broken, and the good things that Abram had done to his son were still before them. And Terah saw this deed and his nose was very angry and he came out of the room to Abram, and he brought out his son Abram while he was still sitting in the house and said to him what is this deed that you have done to all my God. And Abram answered his father's request and said, "No, my lord, for I have brought it before them because of delicacies." And the great man saw their deeds which they had done before him, and his nose was very jealous of them, and he went and took the cardamoms that were in the house and came to them and broke them all, and behold the cardamoms were still in his hand when you saw. And Terah was even angry with Abram his son for saying this thing and he said Terah to Abram his son in his anger, what is this thing that you have spoken a lie you are speaking to me. These Gods have spirit and soul and power to do all that you have spoken to me, and not wood and stone, and I have done them. And how will you speak falsely to me as the great God who was with them struck them, and you will give the cards in his hand as he struck them all. And Abram answered his father and said to him, "How can you worship these idols that have nothing to do with them? The shadow will protect you from these idols in which you trust, if they hear your prayer when you cry to them." Hamlet will melt all your enemies out of hand, if they will fight your wars against your enemies because you will worship wood and stone that they will not speak or hear.
~31~ And now it is not good for you to do these things, you and all the evil people who are visible to you. You are the fools or the fools who do not have the wisdom to work the wood and the stone and do like this, and you forget the Lord God who made the heavens and the earth and who created you in the land and bring great evil upon your souls in this matter to work wood and stone. Wasn't it in this matter that our ancestors sinned from ancient times, and the Lord God brought the waters of the flood upon the earth and destroyed the whole earth. And how will you continue to do this thing and worship other Gods, wood and stone, who will not hear, nor speak, nor save from trouble, even the God of the whole earth is against you. And now my father, cease from this and do not bring evil on your soul and the soul of your household from this. And Abram hastened and leapt before his father, and took the cleavers from the hand of Eloah his great father, and broke him with it, and ran to him. And Terah saw all that Abram his son had done to him, and hurried and left his house and went to the king. And he came before Nimrod and stood before him and bowed to the king, and the king said to him, "What are you doing?" In me, Lord, a child will be born to me today fifty years, such and such and such will do to me Malokai and such and such will speak. And now, my lord the king, please send and let him come before you and judge him with your judgments so that he may be taken advantage of. And the king sent three men from his servants and they went and brought Abram before the king. And Nimrod and all his ministers and servants sit before him that day, and Terah sits before them. And the king said to Abram, what is this deed that you have done to your father and to all his gods? And Abram answered the king according to the words that he had spoken to his father and said, The great God who was with them in the house did to them what you have heard. And the king said to Abram, they have the power to speak and eat and do as you have spoken. And Abram answered the king saying, and if they have no power why do you serve them and why do you lead all men astray in your confusion. Consider that the shadow will rescue you or they will do something from a small to a great thing because you will serve them, and why should you not serve the God of the whole earth who created you and the flesh of your souls in his hand to kill and to make alive.
~32~ O foolish and fiery king, woe to you forever and ever. I said that you teach the right way to all your servants, but you did not do so and filled the whole earth with your iniquities and the iniquities of all your people who followed your ways. Didn't you know if you hadn't heard that like this evil deed that you are doing, our ancestors sinned from ancient times, and the God of the whole world will bring the waters of the flood upon them. And he corrupted them all and also the whole country swam for them. And you and your people will raise up today a culture of sinful people, and you will do like this deed to insult the face of the Lord and the God of the world and bring evil on you and on the whole earth. And now remove from you all this evil deed that you are doing, and serve the God of the world, in whose hand is your soul and it is good for you. And if your evil heart is not willing to hear my words to leave all your evil ways and worship the God of the world, you and all your people and all those who accompany you and all those who hear your words and all those who walk in your evil ways will die in disgrace at the end of days. And Abram was able to speak all his words before the king and the ministers, and Abram raised his eyes to heaven and said, God will see all the wicked and judge. And when the king heard all of Abram's words, he ordered that they put him in the prison, and Abram was in the prison for ten days. And it came to pass at the end of those days, that the king sent and gathered all the ministers belonging to the king, and all the ministers of the states, and the wise men, and they all came before the king, and they all sat before him, and Abram was still there in the prison, and the king said to all the ministers and to all the wise men, have you heard all that the son of Terah did to his father, such and such I did to him, and I sent him, and they brought him before me, and such and such he spoke to me, and he was not afraid, and his heart did not move from me, and here he is forbidden in the prison. And now judge, please, what judgment is there for this man who cursed the king and who did all these things that you have heard. And they all answered the king and said, Anyone who curses the king will be hanged on the tree, but because he did all these things that he spoke and dishonored our God, he will burn with fire because that is the judgment for this thing. If it is good for the king to do this thing, please send his servants and burn the brick kiln that you have for three days, night and day, and then we will throw that man into it.
~33~ And the king did so and commanded his servants and they set fire in the king's furnace which is in the Chaldeans for three days and three nights. And the king ordered to take Abram out of the prison and bring him to be burned in the fire. And all the king's servants and all the ministers and heroes belonging to the king and all the lesser ones and the judges about nine hundred thousand people and all the inhabitants of the land stand there against the furnace to see Abram. And the women and all the children were all gathered to the roofs and to the towers to see Abram and they all stood together from afar, there was not a person left who did not come that day to see. And it came to pass when Abram came, and the king's horns and all the wise men saw him. And they cried out to the king and said, "My lord the king, isn't this the man? We knew that he was the boy who was swallowed up by the great star, four stars in his homeland. We have been speaking to the king for fifty years today, and now here is his father. He also has turned your mouth and will hang you by bringing another child to you and you will kill him." And it came to pass when the king heard their words, that he was very angry, and commanded that Terah should come before the king. And the king said, You have heard what the wise men have spoken, and now tell me the truth, if you have done it, and if you speak the truth, you will escape. And Terah saw the king because his nose was very sore, and Terah said to the king, "You have heard the truth, my lord the king, and what your wise men have spoken is true." And the king said, "And how can you do this thing and deceive my mouth and give me the child that you did not bear and take his price?" And Terah answered the king and said, "For my mercy has increased for my son at that time, and I will take the son of my slave and bring him to the king." And the king said, "And whoever advised you of this thing, tell me, please, do not take anything away from me, and do not die." And Terah was very afraid of the king and said to the king, Haran, my great son, is the one who strengthened me in this matter. And Haran was in those days when Abram was born, thirty-two years old, and Haran did not advise his father about it because Terah spoke the matter to the king because he saved his life from the king because he was very afraid. And the king said to Terah, Haran, your son, who dares you to do this thing, will die in the fire with Abram, because judgment will be put to death on him because he made the king's mouth bitter by doing this thing. And Haran was inclined at that time to follow Abram, but hid the matter in his heart.
~34~ And Haran said to his heart, But now here is the king, take Abram for these things that Abram did, and it would be if Abram prevailed over the king and I followed him, and if the king prevailed over him and I followed the king. And it came to pass when Terah spoke of Haran his son this matter to the king, and the king commanded and they also seized Haran with Abram. And they brought both of them before the king, and the king ordered to ban both of them, Abram and Haran his brother, and throw them into the fire. And all the inhabitants of the land and the servants of the king and the ministers and all the women and children will stand there on that day over them. And the king's servants took Haran and Abram his brother, and clothed them in their tunics and of all their clothes, only their breeches were on them. And they bound their hands and feet with ropes of mud, and the king's servants were brought together and thrown into the furnace together. And God was jealous of Abram and took pity on him, and God came down and saved Abram from the fire and he was not burned. But all the ropes with which they bound him were all burned, and Abram gave up and walked in the fire. And when Haran threw him into the fire he died and burned and turned to ashes, because his heart was not whole with God. And the people who threw them into the fire, the blade of the fire went up to them and they were all burned in the fire, and about twelve of them died. And Abraham walked in the fire for three days and three nights, and all the king's servants saw him walking in the fire. And all the king's servants came and said to the king, Behold, we saw Abram coming and going in the fire, and also the pants that were on him were not burned in the fire, but the rope of his prison was burned and remained. And it came to pass when the king heard their words, and his heart was broken by their words, and he did not believe them, and he sent other faithful ministers to see this thing, and they went and saw and told the king. And the king got up and went to see and he saw Abram walking and coming in the fire and he saw the Gentiles of the Haran burned in the fire and the king was very saddened by this. And the king ordered Abram to be taken out of the fire, and the king's servants reached out to take him out, but they could not because the fire and the flame rose toward them from the furnace and the king's servants fled from him. And the king urged all his servants to say, hurry and take Abram out of the fire and you will not die. And the king's servants reached out to take Abram out, and the blade went up to them and burned their faces, and eight people died of them.
~35~ And it happened when the king saw that his servants could not approach the fire lest they be burned, and the king called Abram to say. Abram, the servant of God, who is in heaven, came out of the fire and came here before me. And Abram heard the king's voice, and Abram came out of the fire, and came and stood before the king. And it came to pass when Abram went out, and the king and his servants saw Abram coming with his pants on him before the king because they were not burned, but the rope of his prison was burned. And the king said to Abram, How come you are not burned in the fire, and Abram said to the king, God of heaven and earth, in whom I trusted and in whose hand everything is, he is the one who saved me from the fire that he gave me. And Haran, Abram's brother, was burned in the fire and was reduced to ashes, and they sought his gentile and found it burned in the fire. And Haran was eighty-two years old when he died in Ur Kasdim. And the king and the ministers and all the inhabitants of the land saw that Abram had been saved from the fire, and they all came and bowed down to Abram. Abram said to them, "Do not bow down to me, but bow down to the God of the world who made you, and worship him and walk in his ways, for he is the one who saved me from this fire." And it is he who created the soul of every man and his spirit, and man made his mother's womb and brought him out into the earth. And he will save everyone who trusts in him from every disease. And this matter greatly displeased the king and the ministers, because Abram was shielded from the fire and Haran was burned. And the king gave Abram many gifts of silver and gold and crystal, and the king and the ministers sent him away and he went away from them in peace. And Abram left the king's house in peace, and many men from the king's servants followed him, and about three hundred men clung to him. And Abram sat down that day and went to his father's house, he and all the people who went with him. And Abram served the Lord his God all the days of his life and walked in his ways. Abram encouraged the hearts of men in those days to worship God from that day forward. And it happened at that time that Nahor and his brother Abram took wives for themselves, the daughters of their brother Haran, the name of Nahor's wife *Milkah and the name of Abram's wife Sheri. And Sarai, Abram's wife, was barren and had no child in those days.
~36~ And it came to pass at the end of two years that Abram came out of the fire, which is the fifty-second year of Abram's life, and King Nimrod sits on the royal throne in Babylon. And the king slept and dreamed, and behold, he was standing with his soldiers and his armies in the valley against the king's furnace of fire, and he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, a man like Abram came out of the furnace and came and stood before the king, his sword drawn in his hand. And that man ran to the king with his sword, and the king ran away from that man because he was afraid, and he ran away, and the man sent an egg on the king's head, and the egg became a big river. And all his army drowned in that river and they all died, and the king fled with three men who were before him and escaped. And the king looked at those people and behold, their clothing is royal clothing like the king's clothes, and they are in rank and stature like the king's rank. And it came to pass in the womb, and that river returned to the swamp as at first against the king, and a little chick came out of that swamp and came before the king and flew over the king's head and pecked out the king's eye. And the king was terrified by that sight and woke up from his sleep, and his spirit was shaken and he was very afraid. And it came to pass in the morning, that the king arose from his bed in a panic, and commanded and brought before him all the wise men and all the harlots, and the king told them the dream. And one of the wise men of the king's servants, whose name was Enoch, answered the king saying, This is nothing but the evil of Abram and his seed that will grow upon the king's master in the last days. Behold, days are coming when Abram and his seed and his household will come to fight with the king's lords, and they will beat all the king's armies and his soldiers. And you who saw that you fled with three men who were like you and fled, this one will be protected alone with three kings from the kings of the land who will be with you in the war. And when you saw the river that returned to the marsh as at the beginning and a chick pecked out the king's eye, this is none other than the seed of Abram who will kill the king in the last days. This is a dream, my lord the king, and this is the solution, and the truth of the dream, and the true solution that your servant solved for you, now, my lord the king, did you not know that it is fifty-two years today that your sages saw this thing in the birth of Abram, and why would my lord the king let Abram live in the land to the detriment of my lord the king. For all the days that Abram is in the land you and your kingdom will not be established because this has not yet been known in his homeland, and why is the king not our colleague and his evil will cease from you at the end of days. And Nimrod heard Enoch's voice and the king secretly sent one of his servants to go and capture Abram and bring him before the king to be killed.
~37~ And Eliezer, Abram's servant whom the king had given to him, was at that time there before the king, and he heard what Enoch advised the king and what the king spoke about killing Abram. And Eliezer hurried and left there, and ran to Abram before the king's servants came to Abram. And Eliezer said to Abram, Get up quickly and flee for your life, and you will not die at the hand of the king. Because such and such a dream the king saw about you, and such and such Enoch resolved for him, and such and such Enoch advised the king about you. And Abram heard the voice of Eliezer, and Abram hastened and ran with his soul to Noah's house where his son was and hid there and escaped. And the king's servants came to Abram's house and looked for Abram and did not find him, and they looked all over the land and he was not found. And it came to pass when the king's servants did not find Abram, and they returned to the king on their way, and the king's anger subsided from Abram when they did not find him. And the king forgot Abram's words from his heart. And Abram hid in the house of Noah for a month until the king's strength fulfilled his word, and Abram was still afraid of the king for that matter. And Terah came to see Abram his son in Beth Noah secretly, and Terah was very great in the eyes of the king. And Abram said to his father, didn't you know that the king is taking comfort in destroying me and losing my name from the land by the advice of the wicked counselors he has. Now who are you here and what are you doing here in this land, arise and let us all go together to the land of Canaan and escape from his hand lest you also perish in his evil at the end of days. Didn't you know if you didn't hear that it was not out of love that Nimrod gave you all this honor that you are in, but for his own good he did you all this favor. And even if he does you many more favors now and again, it is nothing but the vanity of the world, because fortune and wealth will not be of any use in the day of transgression and wrath. And now listen to my voice and arise and go to the land of Canaan from the wilderness of Nimrod and worship the Lord who blessed you in the land and it is good for you, and leave from you all the vanity that you pursue. And Abram was able to speak, and Noah and his son answered and said, "Don't believe the truth of what Abram said to you." And Terah heard the voice of Abram his son, and Terah did everything that Abram spoke because what did God have for him that the king did not kill Abram. ~38~ And Terah took his son and Lot son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, Abram's son's wife, and all the souls of his household, and they left with them from Ur of the Chaldeans of Babylon to go to the land of Canaan, and they came as far as the land of Haran and dwelt there, for they found the land very good and spacious for all the people who were under their feet. And the people of the land of Haran saw Abram good and upright with God and men, and God his God with him. And the people of Haran also came to him and clung to Abram and he taught them the morals of God and his ways, and the people sat with Abram in his house and clung to him. And Abram stayed in Haran for three years. And at the end of three years, God looked at Abram and said to him, I am God, who brought you out of the light of the Chaldeans and who saved you from the hand of all your enemies. And now if you hear, listen to my voice and keep my commandments, my laws and my teachings, and I cast down your enemies before you. And I have multiplied your seed like the stars of the sky, and I have sent my blessing on all the work of your hands and you shall lack nothing. Now get up, take your wife and all that you have and go to the land of Canaan, and you will live there in the land of Canaan and there I will be your God and bless you. And Abram got up and took his wife and all that he had, and went to the land of Canaan when God spoke to him. And Abram was fifty-five years old when he left Haran. And Abram came to the land of Canaan and dwelt in the city, and there he made his tent among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. And God looked at Abram when he came to the land of Canaan and said to him, This is the land that I have given to you and to your descendants after you forever. And I have placed your seed as the stars of heaven, and I have given your seed all the lands that you see to inherit them. And Abram built an altar in the place where God spoke to him, and Abram called there in God's name. At that time three years were assigned to Abram's Sabbath in the land, and Noah died in that year, the fifty-eighth year of Abram's life. And there will be all the days of Noah who lived nine hundred and fifty years and died. And Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, he, his wife, and all that he had, and all the people that were at his feet, and all that were with him from the people of the land. Only Nahor, my brother Abram, and Terah his father, and Lot son of Haran, and all that belonged to them, dwelt in Haran.
~39~ In the five years of Abram's sabbath in the land of Canaan, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah and all the cities of the plain fell under the hand of Kedarlamer, king of Elam. Because for twelve years all the kings of the Hechar cities served Kader Lamar and gave him a yearly tax, and rebelled against him in those days for thirteen years. And in the ten years of Abram's sabbath in the land of Canaan, there was a war between Nimrod, king of Shanar, and between Kedarlamer, king of Elam. Because Nimrod heard that the people of Sodom had committed crimes under the hand of Kaderlamar, and Nimrod would come to fight with Kadarlamar to subjugate them under his hand. Because the commander of the armies of Nimrod was Kadlar Amer in those days, and when all the men of the tower fell and those who remained were scattered over the whole land, then Kadral Amer went to the land of Elam and reigned over it and rebelled against his masters. And it came to pass in those days, when it was heard that Nimrod had trespassed against him in Kadarlamar, all the cities of the plain, and he came to fight with Kadarlamar with pride and contempt. And Nimrod gathered all his ministers and servants, about seven thousand men, and went towards Kader Lamer, and Kader Lamer went out to meet him with five thousand men, and they made war in the Valley of Babylon, which is between Elam and Shanar. And all these kings fought in that place, and Nimrod was defeated and all his people, the men of Kedarlamar. And of Nimrod's men fell in that war about six hundred men, and Mardon the king's son also fell with them. And Nimrod fled and returned to his country in shame and shame, and surrendered to Kader Lamar for many days. And Kadarlamar returned to his country and sent the commanders of his armies to the kings that were around him to Arioch, king of Elsar, and to Tadahl, king of the Gentiles, and he made a covenant with them and they all submitted to his discipline. And it came to pass in the fifteenth year of Abram's sabbath in the land, that is the seventieth year of Abram's life. And the Lord looked at Abram that year and said to him, I am the Lord who brought you out of the light of the Chaldeans to give you this land to inherit. Now walk before me and be innocent and keep my watch, for to you and your seed I will give this land to inherit from the river of Egypt to the great river the river Euphrates. And you will come to your ancestors in peace and a good return, and a fourth generation will return here in this land and inherit forever. And Abram built an altar and called on the name of the Lord who appeared to him, and he sacrificed goats on the altar to the Lord. At that time Abram returned and went to Haran, and stayed there in Haran for five years. And many people from the people of Haran followed after Abram, about seventy-two people, and Abram taught them God's morals and His ways and taught them to know God. In those days, God appeared to Abram in Haran and said to him, "Didn't I speak to you for twenty years?" Go away from your country..... you retired, go away