Job suffers, and his three friends "help" him to understand God's ways.

Abram's family was called by God to leave their home city of Ur (in what is now Iraq) and take his family to Canaan. After his father died in Haran, Abram continued onto Canaan.

Abram and Lot separate; Abraham to the west of Jordan (modern day Palestine) and Lot to the east (modern day Jordan), near the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah

God appears to Abram at night and promises land, children, and blessings; Abram and Sarai's names are changed to Abraham and Sarah; Abram and Ishmael are circumcised.

Three heavenly visitors to Abraham