Genesis 13

1 So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness.

2 And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.

3 From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

And he went [to the place] whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai,

4 to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.

5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents.

6 But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.

7 And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.

8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brethren.

9 Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

Behold! is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me; if you [go] to the left, I will go to the right, and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.

10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until you come to Zogora.

11 So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram lived in the land of Chanaan.

12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

And Lot lived in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.

13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

14 After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with your eyes, and behold from the place where you now are northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;

15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your seed for ever.

16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed be numbered.

17 Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”

Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever.

18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

And Abram having removed his tent, came and lived by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.