Genesis 13

1 Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.

And Abram goes up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he has, and Lot with him) toward the south;

2 But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.

and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

3 And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to the place where before he had pitched his tent, between Bethel and Hai.

And he goes on his journeys from the south, even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai—

4 There, at the place of the altar he had made before, he again called upon the name of the Lord.

to the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there Abram preaches in the Name of YHWH.

5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and cattle, and tents.

And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there has been sheep and oxen and tents;

6 Neither was the land able to contain them, so that they might dwell together. Indeed, their substance was so great that they could not live in common.

and the land has not permitted them to dwell together, for their substance has been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;

7 And then there also arose a conflict between the shepherds of Abram and of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in that land.

and there is a strife between those feeding Abram’s livestock and those feeding Lot’s livestock; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.

8 Therefore, Abram said to Lot: “I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers.

And Abram says to Lot, “Please let there not be strife between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds, for we [are] men—brothers.

9 Behold, the entire land is before your eyes. Withdraw from me, I beg you. If you will go to the left, I will take the right. If you choose the right, I will pass to the left.”

Is not all the land before you? Please be parted from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left.”

10 And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated, before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like the Paradise of the Lord, and it was like Egypt, approaching toward Zoar.

And Lot lifts up his eyes, and sees the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before YHWH’s destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as YHWH’s garden, as the land of Egypt), in your coming toward Zoar,

11 And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other.

and Lot chooses for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeys from the east, and they are parted—a man from his companion;

12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. In truth, Lot stayed in the towns that were around the Jordan, and he lived in Sodom.

Abram has dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot has dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and moves [his] tent to Sodom;

13 But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.

and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before YHWH exceedingly.

14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was divided from him: “Lift up your eyes, and gaze out from the place where you are now, to the north and to the meridian, to the east and to the west.

And YHWH said to Abram, after Lot’s being parted from him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you [are], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

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

for the whole of the land which you are seeing, I give it to you and to your Seed for all time.

16 And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.

And I have set your seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even your seed is numbered;

17 Arise and walk through the land in its length, and breadth. For I will give it to you.”

rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to you I give it.”

18 Therefore, moving his tent, Abram went and dwelt by the steep valley of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built an altar there to the Lord.

And Abram moves [his] tent, and comes, and dwells among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and builds there an altar to YHWH.