Haran married and had a son, Lot. We aren't told why, but Hararn died before his father and older brothers.

Abram and Nahor also married, Abram to Sarai and Nahor to Milcah. Sometime after their marriage, Terah gathered up his oldest son, Abram, Abram's wife, Sarai, and his grandson, Lot, and left the land of Ur, intending to travel to the land of Canaan. But they stopped before they got there and settled in Haran. There they lived until Terah died at two hundred and five years of age.

Like his ancestor Noah, Abram tried to live his life in obedience to God's laws, and like Noah, Abram was surrounded by people who lived lives of sin, worshipping other gods, and practicing pagan customs.

When Abram was about seventy five years old God told him, "Get out of your country, from your kindred and from your father's house. Go to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and trough you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." (Gen 12:1-3)

Abram didn't know exactly what God had in mind, but he did know that anything God told him to do would be for Abram's own good. So Abram, acting on faith, prepared to leave Haran.

Moving was no easy task, for Abram had many personal possessions and then there were the large flocks of sheep and cattle that needed to be driven across country. Lot, who was going to come with Sarai and Abram, also had animals that needed to be taken care of. With hired shepherds and herdsmen to help them, Abram and Sarai, along with their nephew, Lot, traveled to the land of Canaan.

Canaan was a productive area with rich soil for pasturing flocks and herds, but the people were evil. So God allowed a famine to sweep across the land. As the green plants began to dry up and the cattle and sheep began to suffer for want of food and drink, Abram decided it was time to move.

Abram and Sarai along with Lot and the large number of animals they owned, traveled to Egypt where the Nile river supplied water for the surrounding countryside.

The land of Egypt had become a great civilization, ruled by powerful men called pharaohs. Knowing that such absolute rulers often took whatever they wanted by force, Abram grew fearful that Pharaoh might kill him in order to take Sarai, who was a very lovely woman.

"I know that you're beautiful," Abram told his wife as they grew near to Egypt. "When the Egyptians see us they'll kill me on your account. Please say that you're my sister, not my wife. That way they won't kill me in order to take you away from me."

As Abram had feared, when the Egyptians saw how beautiful Sarai was they took her and brought her before Pharaoh. When Pharaoh saw how beautiful Sarai was he decided to add her to his list of wives. As payment for her he gave Abram all manner of gifts and saw that he was well treated.

But God had designed husbands and wives to be one. When Abram allowed Pharaoh to take Sarai with the intentions of making her one of his wives, one of God's laws had been broken. God stepped in to protect Sarai and right the wrong that Abram, because of his fear, had allowed to happen. God sent plagues on Pharaoh's house. Pharaoh realized that it was because of Sarai that these sorrows were coming on him. He also realized that it was a powerful God who fought on Abram's behalf, and, though he probably would have liked to have had Abram punished, he didn't because he feared what Abram's God might do to him.

"What have you done?" he asked Abram. "Why have you brought this trouble on me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife? Why did you say she was your sister? I could have taken her as one my wives. Here is your wife, take her and get out of my land!"

Pharaoh then gave his officers orders to see that Abram and his family and all their possessions were escorted out of the land of Egypt.

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