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Genesis 11:27-32

27Now these arethe generationsתּוֹלְדֹ֣תtol.DotH8435of Terahתֶּ֔רַחTe.rachH8646:Terahתֶּ֚רַחTe.rachH8646begatהוֹלִ֣ידho.LidH3205Abramאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87,Nahorנָח֖וֹרna.ChorH5152,and Haranהָרָ֑ןha.RanH2039;and Haranוְהָרָ֖ןve.ha.RanH2039begatהוֹלִ֥ידho.LidH3205Lotלֽוֹט׃LotH3876.

28And Haranהָרָ֔ןha.RanH2039diedוַיָּ֣מָתvai.Ya.motH4191beforeפְּנֵ֖יpe.NeiH6440his fatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1Terahתֶּ֣רַחTe.rachH8646in the landבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of his nativityמוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹmo.lad.ToH4138,in Urבְּא֥וּרbe.'UrH218of the Chaldeesכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃kas.DimH3778.

29And Abramאַבְרָ֧ם'av.RamH87and Nahorוְנָח֛וֹרve.na.ChorH5152tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947them wivesנָשִׁ֑יםna.ShimH802:the nameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034of Abram’sאַבְרָם֙'av.RamH87wifeאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802wasSaraiשָׂרָ֔יsa.RaiH8297;and the nameוְשֵׁ֤םve.ShemH8034of Nahor’sנָחוֹר֙na.chOrH5152wifeאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802,Milcahמִלְכָּ֔הmil.KahH4435,the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Haranהָרָ֥ןha.RanH2039,the fatherאֲבִֽי־'a.vi-H1of Milcahמִלְכָּ֖הmil.KahH4435,and the fatherוַֽאֲבִ֥יva.'a.ViH1of Iscahיִסְכָּֽה׃yis.KahH3252.

30But Saraiשָׂרַ֖יsa.RaiH8297was barrenעֲקָרָ֑ה'a.ka.RahH6135; she hadno childוָלָֽד׃va.LadH2056.

31And Terahתֶּ֜רַחTe.rachH8646tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947Abramאַבְרָ֣ם'av.RamH87his sonבְּנ֗וֹbe.NoH1121,and Lotל֤וֹטLotH3876the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Haranהָרָן֙ha.RanH2039his son’sבֶּן־ben-H1121sonבְּנ֔וֹbe.NoH1121,and Saraiשָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiH8297his daughter in lawכַּלָּת֔וֹka.la.ToH3618,his sonבְּנ֑וֹbe.NoH1121Abram’sאַבְרָ֣ם'av.RamH87wifeאֵ֖שֶׁת'E.shetH802;and they went forthוַיֵּצְא֨וּvai.ye.tze.'UH3318with them from Urמֵא֣וּרme.'UrH218of the Chaldeesכַּשְׂדִּ֗יםkas.DimH3778,to goH3212into the landאַ֣רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776of Canaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667;and they cameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935unto Haranחָרָ֖ןcha.RanH2771,and dweltוַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּvai.Ye.she.vuH3427there.

32And the daysיְמֵי־ye.mei-H3117of Terahתֶ֔רַחTe.rachH8646were two hundredשָׁנִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִםsha.Nim u.ma.Ta.yimH8141 H3967and fiveחָמֵ֥שׁcha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141:and Terahתֶּ֖רַחTe.rachH8646diedוַיָּ֥מָתvai.Ya.motH4191in Haranבְּחָרָֽן׃ סbe.cha.RanH2771.

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