Genesis 13

1 Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, and all his possessions, and Lot with him, into the Negev.

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

2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

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

3 He went on his journeys from the Negev even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

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—

4 to the place where he had first built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of God.

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

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

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

6 The land was not able to support them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to remain together.

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;

7 There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.

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.

8 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.

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.

9 Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."

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.”

10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, like the garden of God, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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,

11 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated from each other.

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;

12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

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

13 Now the people of Sodom were evil, sinning greatly against God.

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

14 And God said to Abram after Lot had departed from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

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;

15 for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.

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

16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring also could be counted.

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;

17 Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you."

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

18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to God.

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.