1 Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his
wife, all that he had, and Lot with him—
into the South.
2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in
silver, and in gold.
3 He went on his journeys from the South
as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent
had been at the beginning, between Bethel
and Ai,
4 to the place of the altar, which he had
made there at the first. There Abram called
on the LORD’s name.
5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had
flocks, herds, and tents.
6 The land was not able to bear them, that
they might live together; for their possessions
were so great that they couldn’t live
together.
7 There was strife between the herdsmen
of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of
Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the
Perizzites lived in the land at that time.
8 Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there
be no strife between you and me, and between
your herdsmen and my herdsmen;
for we are relatives.
9 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 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all
the plain of the Jordan, that it was wellwatered
everywhere, before the LORD destroyed
Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden
of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as
you go to Zoar.
11 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan
for himself. Lot traveled east, and they
separated themselves from one another.
12 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 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly
wicked and sinners against the
LORD.
14 The LORD said to Abram, after Lot was
separated from him, “Now, lift up your
eyes, and look from the place where you
are, northward and southward and eastward
and westward,
15 for I will give all the land which you
see to you and to your offspring forever.
16 I will make your offspring as the dust
of the earth, so that if a man can count the
dust of the earth, then your offspring may
also be counted.
17 Arise, walk through the land in its
length and in its width; for I will give it to
you.”
18 Abram moved his tent, and came and
lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in
Hebron, and built an altar there to the
LORD.
