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;

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

Now Abram was very rich in animals, in silver, and in 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—

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

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

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

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

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, 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;

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.”

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 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,

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 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;

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

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;

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

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

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;

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

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

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;

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

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

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.

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.