The toledot of Terah begins: Terah fathers Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathers Lot. The brief genealogy within the verse establishes Lot as Abram's nephew — the relationship that will drive much of the narrative in Genesis 13–19. The introduction of Lot at this early point plants him in the family structure before his story unfolds. 2 Peter 2:7–8 describes Lot as a righteous man tormented by the lawless deeds he witnessed in Sodom — his character is already being subtly introduced through his family origin. The toledot marker signals that the story is now narrowing to Terah's family as the vehicle of the next major narrative movement. The entire sweep of Genesis 1–11 — creation, fall, flood, Babel — has been the prologue. Genesis 12 is where the specific covenant story begins, and this verse is the last step of the genealogical bridge that brings the reader there.

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