Genesis 13

1 So Abram left Egypt and went back into the Negev along with Sarai, Lot, and everyone with them, as well as all their possessions.

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

2 Abram was very rich, having many herds of livestock and a great deal of silver and gold.

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

3 He left the Negev and traveled in stages to Bethel, back to the place where he'd camped before, between Bethel and Ai.

And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

4 This was where he'd first built an altar. He worshiped the Lord there as he had done previously.

Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

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

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

6 so much so that the available land couldn't support both of them—they had so much livestock they couldn't stay together anymore.

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

7 Abram's and Lot's herdsmen were arguing, and in addition the Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please don't let's have arguments between us, or between our herdsmen, because we're family.

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen; for we be brethren.

9 You see all this land that's available right in front of you? We have to split up. If you choose to go to the left, I'll go to the right. If you choose to go to the right, I'll go to the left.”

Is not the whole land before you? separate yourself, I pray you, from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

10 Lot looked over the whole Jordan valley towards Zoar, and saw that it was well-watered, looking like the Garden of Eden, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you come unto Zoar.

11 So Lot chose the whole Jordan valley and went east, and the two separated from each other.

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

12 Abram went to live in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled down among the towns in the valley, setting up his tents near Sodom.

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

13 (The people of Sodom were very wicked, committing terrible sins that offended the Lord.)

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

14 After separating from Lot, the Lord told Abram, “Look around you from where you're standing, to the north, south, east, and west.

And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

15 I'm giving all this land you see to you and your descendants forever.

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

16 You will have so many descendants that they'll be like the dust of the earth. If anyone could count dust then they could count the number of your descendants!

And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed also be numbered.

17 Go and walk through the whole land in all directions because I'm giving it to you.”

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto you.

18 So Abram went to live at Hebron, setting up his tents among the oaks at Mamre, where he built an altar to the Lord.

Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.