Genesis 13

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

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

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

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

3 And he went on his journeys from the south as far as Bethel; as far as the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai;

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 to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

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

5 And Lot also who went with Abram had flocks, and herds, and tents.

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

6 And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together.

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 there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the 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 And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.

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 Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if to the left, then I will take the right; and if to the right, then I will take 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 Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to 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 all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one 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; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as 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 And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.

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

14 And Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

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 for all the land that thou seest will I give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.

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 thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.

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, walk through the land according to the length of it and according to the breadth of it; for I will give it to thee.

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

18 Then Abram moved [his] tents, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. And he built there an altar to Jehovah.

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.