What is our rule to decide the target of our life

Genesis 11:10-32
From Shen to Abram
After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

This is the account of Terah’s family line.

Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.  While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.  Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.  Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

Here again, the list of names is selective, probably abbreviation the total length of time involved. Noah's ancestors were considered longer-lived than Terah's and the age of parenthood is now much younger.

When Terah's name is reached the list becomes more detailed. This is the family we are to concentrate on. Terah's three sons are named, and their home-town gave as Ur of the Chaldeans. After the death of Haran. Terah sets out for Canaan with his grandson Lot. Abram and Sarai. The journey takes them 900km north-west - like Ur. a centre of moon-worship. Here they settle Terah dies,, and the stage is set for the story of Abraham, who according to Acts 7:2-4 had heard God's call before they set out. His new name records God's promise to make this man the father of many nations.

Why?

There are ten generations from Adan to Noah, and ten generations from Noah to Abram. So the record of Descendents is relative to Jesus Christ.

閃的後代：
人的壽命不斷的減少。巴別塔之後人生活更辛苦，壽命減少至少200年，拿鶴是第一個活不到200歲。
他拉的後代：走到哈蘭
亞伯蘭出哈蘭時75歲，他拉130歲生亞伯蘭，所以亞伯蘭不是長子。亞伯蘭是神揀選的。每個基督徒都是蒙神揀選的。出來是為了生活，但是到了哈蘭生活不錯了，就停下來。人都是為了富裕的生活，原來的目標已經不重要了。他拉原來的目標是迦南，後來在哈蘭生活好了後，就放棄了目標。我們決定目標的想法是什麼?求主幫助我們決定事情的原則是什麼。應該是神的心意。

比較10章的家譜：10章只是交代，閃族是神的祝福。塞特的家譜，活到幾歲就死了。死了在當時是非常態。後來死成為常態，提祝福生兒養女。

閃族家譜強調生兒養女卻指出撒萊不生育，似乎是審判臨到，其實是神預備更大的祝福。我們很容易在前面就是以為神不祝福。

How?

God's word is worthy and let people know the way on the world.