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 goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;

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

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

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 goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, 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.

unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.

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

And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen 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.

and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to 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.

and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.

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.

And Abram saith unto Lot, 'Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men — 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.”

Is not all the land before thee? be parted, I pray thee, from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I 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 lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt, ) in thy coming toward Zoar,

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

and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted — a man from his companion;

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 hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom;

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

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

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 Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, 'Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou [art], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

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

for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed — to the age.

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 have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;

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

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

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.

And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.