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 goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;

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

and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy 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 goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, 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 made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.

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

And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen 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 hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to 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 is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling 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 saith unto Lot, 'Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men — 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 all the land before thee? be parted, I pray thee, from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I 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 lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt, ) in thy coming toward Zoar,

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

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

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 hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom;

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

and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before Jehovah 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 Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, 'Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou [art], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

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

for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed — to the age.

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

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

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

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.

And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.