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, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.'

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 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, 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 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;

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

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

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

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

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

All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy 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 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 rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'

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

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

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.