Genesis 13

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

And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.

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

Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

3 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,

And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

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

To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

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

And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

6 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.

So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.

7 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.

And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

8 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.

Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

9 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.

Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

10 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.

And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

11 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.

So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.

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

Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

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

Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.

14 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;

And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

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

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

16 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.

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

17 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.

Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.

18 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.

And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.