Genesis 13

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

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

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

And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.

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

And he returned by the way that he came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and Hai:

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

In the place of the altar which he had made before; and there he called upon the name of the Lord.

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

But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and herds of beasts, and tents.

6 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.

Neither was the land able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together.

7 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.

Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country.

8 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.

Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.

9 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.”

Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.

10 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.

And Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which was watered throughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comes to Segor.

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

And Lot chose to himself the country about the Jordan, and he departed from the east: and they were separated one brother from the other.

12 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.

Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan; and Lot abode in the towns that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.

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

And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure.

14 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.

And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him: Lift up thy eyes, and look from the place wherein thou now art, to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west.

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

All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.

16 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.

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.

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

Arise and walk through the land in the length, and in the breadth thereof: for I will give it to thee.

18 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.

So Abram removing his tent came and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.