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 south.

So Abram went up from Egypt and went into the Negev, he, his wife, and all that he had. Lot also went with them.

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

Now Abram was very rich in animals, in silver, and in gold.

3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and 'Ai;

He continued on his journey from the Negev to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been before, between Bethel and Ai.

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the Lord.

He went to the place where the altar was that he had built previously. Here he called on the name of Yahweh.

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

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

6 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.

The land was not able to support them both living close together, because their possessions were very many, so that they could not stay together.

7 And there arose 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.

Also, there was a dispute between the herdsmen of Abram's animals and the herdsmen of Lot's animals. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are near relatives.

So Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; after all, we are family.

9 Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right, then I will go to the left.

Is not the whole land before you? Go ahead and separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere; before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [it was] like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, till thou comest unto Zoar.

So Lot looked around, and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere all the way to Zoar, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt. This was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

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

So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan and traveled east, and the relatives separated from each other.

12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tents, till close to Sodom.

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived among the cities of the plain. He set up his tents as far away as Sodom.

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

Now the men of Sodom were very wicked sinners against Yahweh.

14 And the Lord said unto Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thy eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

Yahweh said to Abram after Lot had departed from him, “Look from the place where you are standing to the north, south, east, and west.

15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.

All this land which you see, I will give to you and to your descendants forever.

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

I will make your descendants as abundant as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

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

Arise, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”

18 Then Abram pitched his tent, and came and dwelt in the grove of Mamre, which is in Hebron; and he built there an altar unto the Lord.

So Abram picked up his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there built an altar to Yahweh.