Genesis 13

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

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

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

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

3 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—

And he went [to the place] whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai,

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

to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.

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

And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents.

6 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;

And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.

7 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.

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.

8 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.

And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brethren.

9 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.”

Behold! is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me; if you [go] to the left, I will go to the right, and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.

10 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,

And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until you come to Zogora.

11 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;

And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram lived in the land of Chanaan.

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

And Lot lived in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.

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

But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

14 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;

And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with your eyes, and behold from the place where you now are northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;

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

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

16 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;

And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed be numbered.

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

Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever.

18 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.

And Abram having removed his tent, came and lived by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.