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And it came to pass in the sixth week, in the seventh year of it, that Avram said to Terah his father, saying, "Father!" And he said, "Behold, here am I, my son."
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And he said, "What help and profit have we from those idols which you do worship, And before which you do bow yourself? For there is no spirit in them, For they are dumb forms, and a misleading of the heart. Worship them not:
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Worship the Elohim of heaven, Who causs the rain and the dew to descend on the earth, And does everything upon the earth, And has created everything by His word, And all life is from before His face.
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Why do you worship things that have no spirit in them? For they are the work of (men's) hands, And on your shoulders do you bear them,
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And you have no help from them, But they are a great cause of shame to those who make them, And a misleading of the heart to those who worship them: Worship them not."
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And his father said to him, "I also know it, my son, but what shall I do with a people who have made me to serve before them?
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And if I tell them the truth, they will slay me; for their soul cleavs to them to worship them and honour them. Keep silent, my son, lest they slay you."
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And these words he spoke to his two brothers, and they were angry with him and he kept silent.
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And in the fortis jubilee, in the second week, in the seventh year of it, Avram took to himself a wife, and her name was Sarai, the daughter of his father, and she became his wife.
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And Haran, his brother, took to himself a wife in the third year of the third week, and she bare him a son in the seventh year of this week and he called his name Lot.
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And Nahor, his brother, took to himself a wife.
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And in the sixtis year of the life of Avram, that is, in the fourth week, in the fourth year of it, Avram arose by night, and burned the house of the idols, and he burned all that was in the house, and no man knew it.
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And they arose in the night and sought to save their elohim from the midst of the fire.
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And Haran hasted to save them, but the fire flamed over him, and he was burnt in the fire, and he died in Ur of the Chaldees before Terah his father, and they buried him in Ur of the Chaldees.
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And Terah went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, he and his sons, to go into the land of Lebanon and into the land of Kena’an, and he dwelt in the land of Haran,
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and Avram, dwelt with Terah his father in Haran two weeks of years.
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And in the sixth week, in the fifth year of it, Avram sat up throughout the night on the new moon of the seventh month to observe the stars from the evening to the morning, in order to see what would be the character of the year with regard to the rains,
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and he was alone as he sat and observed. And a word came into his heart and he said: "All the signs of the stars, and the signs of the moon and of the sun are all in the hand of Yahuah.
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Why do I search (them) out? If He desirs, He causs it to rain, morning and evening; And if He desirs, He withholds it, And all things are in His hand."
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And he prayed that night and said "My Elohim, Elohim Most High, Thou alone are my Elohim, And Thee and Thy dominion have I chosen. And Thou hast created all things, And all things that are are the work of Thy hands.
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Deliver me from the hands of evil spirits who have sway over the thoughts of men's hearts, And let them not lead me astray from Thee, my Elohim.
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And stablish Thou me and my seed for ever That we go not astray from from then onward and for evermore."
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And he said Shall I return to Ur of the Chaldees who seek my face that I may return to them, or am I to remain here in this place?
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The right path before Thee prosper it in the hands of Thy servant that he may fulfil (it) and that I may not walk in the deceitfulness of my heart, O my Elohim."
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And he made an end of speaking and praying, and look the word of Yahuah was sent to him through me, saying:
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"Get you up from your country, and from your kindred and from the house of your father to a land which I shall show you,
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and I shall make you a great and numerous nation. And I shall bless you And I shall make your name great, And you will be blessed in the earth,
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And in you will all families of the earth be blessed, And I shall bless them that bless you, And curse them that curse you.
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And I shall be a Elohim to you and your son, and to your son's son, and to all your seed:
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fear not, from from then onward and to all generations of the earth I am your Elohim."
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And Yahuah Elohim said: "Open his mouth and his ears, that he may hear and speak with his mouth, with the language which has been revealed"; for it had ceased from the mouths of all the children of men from the day of the overthrow (of Babel). And I opened his mouth, and his ears and his lips, and I began to speak with him in Ivrit in the tongue of the creation.
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And he took the books of his fathers, and these were written in Ivrit and he transcribed them, and he began from from then onward to study them, and I made known to him that which he could not (understand), and he studied them during the six rainy months.
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And it came to pass in the seventh year of the sixth week that he spoke to his father, and informed him that he would leave Haran to go into the land of Kena’an to see it and return to him.
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And Terah his father said to him; "Go in peace: May the eternal Elohim make your path straight, And Yahuah [(be) with you, and] protect you from all evil,
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And grant to you grace, mercy and favour before those who see you, And may none of the children of men have power over you to harm you; Go in peace.
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And if you seest a land pleasant to your eyes to dwell in, then arise and take me to you and take Lot with you, the son of Haran your brother, as yours own son: Yahuah be with you. And Nahor your brother leave with me till you returnest in peace, and we go with you all together."