Genesis 13

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

And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.

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

Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

3 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 —

And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

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

To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

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

And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

6 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;

So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.

7 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.

And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

8 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.

Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

9 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.'

Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

10 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,

And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

11 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;

So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.

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

Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

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

Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.

14 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;

And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

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

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

16 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;

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

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

Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.

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

And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.