As we've seen before in Genesis, the scene shifts. This time it narrows to the ancestors and family of Abram. His story was particularly important to the people who were with Moses since he was their ancestor (well, most of them, Exodus 12:38 records that people who were not descended from Abram were also part of the Hebrew nation).
Let's skip the family tree and move to verse 27. Abram's father was Terah (who, according to Joshua 24:2, did not worship God). His descendants will all play important roles later in the Bible. Their relationships can be easily viewed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terah
Terah had three sons (Abram, Nahor, and Haran). After the death of Haran, Terah moves his family from Ur (near Babylon) to Haran (near the border of modern Turkey and Syria. North of the land of Caanan). It is in the land of Haran that Abram hears from God. His story spans the next 12 chapters of Genesis (nearly 1/4 of the book!).
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