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93:5.5 A few weeks after the [[death]] of [[Abraham]]'s [[father]], Terah, [[Melchizedek]] sent one of his students, Jaram the Hittite, to extend this invitation to both [[Abraham]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahor Nahor]: "Come to Salem, where you shall hear our teachings of the truth of the eternal Creator, and in the enlightened offspring of you two brothers shall all the world be blessed."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.12] Now Nahor had not wholly [[accepted]] the [[Melchizedek]] gospel; he remained behind and built up a strong [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_state city-state] which bore his name; but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_%28Bible%29 Lot], Abraham's nephew, decided to go with his uncle to [[Salem]].
 
93:5.5 A few weeks after the [[death]] of [[Abraham]]'s [[father]], Terah, [[Melchizedek]] sent one of his students, Jaram the Hittite, to extend this invitation to both [[Abraham]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahor Nahor]: "Come to Salem, where you shall hear our teachings of the truth of the eternal Creator, and in the enlightened offspring of you two brothers shall all the world be blessed."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.12] Now Nahor had not wholly [[accepted]] the [[Melchizedek]] gospel; he remained behind and built up a strong [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_state city-state] which bore his name; but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_%28Bible%29 Lot], Abraham's nephew, decided to go with his uncle to [[Salem]].
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93:5.6 Upon arriving at [[Salem]], [[Abraham]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_%28Bible%29 Lot] chose a hilly fastness near the [[city]] where they could defend themselves against the many surprise [[attacks]] of northern raiders. At this time the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittites Hittites], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrians Assyrians], [[Philistines]], and other groups were constantly raiding the [[tribes]] of central and southern [[Palestine]]. From their stronghold in the hills Abraham and Lot made frequent [[pilgrimages]] to Salem.
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93:5.6 Upon arriving at [[Salem]], [[Abraham]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_%28Bible%29 Lot] chose a hilly fastness near the [[city]] where they could defend themselves against the many surprise [[attacks]] of northern raiders. At this time the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittites Hittites], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrians Assyrians], [[Philistines]], and other groups were constantly raiding the [[tribes]] of central and southern [[Palestine]]. From their stronghold in the hills Abraham and Lot made frequent [[pilgrimages]] to Salem.
    
93:5.7 Not long after they had [[established]] themselves near [[Salem]], Abraham and Lot [[journeyed]] to the valley of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile Nile] to obtain [[food]] supplies as there was then a drought in [[Palestine]]. During his brief [[sojourn]] in Egypt Abraham found a distant relative on the Egyptian throne, and he served as the commander of two very successful [[military]] expeditions for this king. During the latter part of his [[sojourn]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile Nile] he and his wife, Sarah, lived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_%28royal%29 court], and when leaving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt], he was given a [[share]] of the spoils of his [[military]] [[campaigns]].
 
93:5.7 Not long after they had [[established]] themselves near [[Salem]], Abraham and Lot [[journeyed]] to the valley of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile Nile] to obtain [[food]] supplies as there was then a drought in [[Palestine]]. During his brief [[sojourn]] in Egypt Abraham found a distant relative on the Egyptian throne, and he served as the commander of two very successful [[military]] expeditions for this king. During the latter part of his [[sojourn]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile Nile] he and his wife, Sarah, lived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_%28royal%29 court], and when leaving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt], he was given a [[share]] of the spoils of his [[military]] [[campaigns]].

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