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;

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

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

Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in 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 —

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,

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 first built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of God.

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

Lot also, who went with Abram, 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;

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.

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.

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.

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

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.'

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."

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,

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.)

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 chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated from each 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 lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

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

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

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 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,

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 offspring forever.

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;

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.

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

Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; 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.

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