Genesis 13

1 So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

2 And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

3 From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

4 to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

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

6 But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

7 And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.

9 Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

11 So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

14 After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

17 Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”

18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

1 ¶ 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 [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5 ¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we [be] brethren.

9 [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

10 ¶ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched [his] tent toward Sodom.

13 But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered.

17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

18 Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

1 So Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife, and with all that he had, and Lot also with him, toward the south.

2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, and in silver, and in gold.

3 And he went on from south to Bethel, to the place where his tent was first, between Bethel and Ai,

4 To the very place where he had made the altar before. And there he preached the name of the Lord.

5 And Lot, which went with Abram, had also flocks, and herds, and tents.

6 And the land could not bear that they should dwell together: for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together.

7 And there was always strife between the shepherds over Abram's cattle, and between the shepherds over Lot's cattle. And the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelt in the land at that time.

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife between me and thee, neither between my shepherds and thy shepherds: for we are brethren.

9 Is not all the land open to thee? Be gone from me, my love. If thou wilt go to the left, I will go to the right; or if thou wilt go to the right, I will go to the left.

10 Then Lot lifted up his eyes, and looked upon all the coasts of Jordan. For before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, it was full of water, until they come to Zoar, as the garden of the LORD, even as the land of Egypt.

11 And Lot shewed him all the coasts of Jordan, and departed toward the east. So one brother separated himself from another.

12 And Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot in the cities of the same country, and set his tents in Sodom.

13 But the people of Sodom were wicked, and sinned greatly against the LORD.

14 And it came to pass, when Lot was departed from Abram, that the LORD said unto Abram, Lift up thine eyes, and look from the place where thou dwellest toward the north, toward the south, toward the east, and toward the west.

15 For all the land which thou seest I will give thee, and thy seed for ever.

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth. If a man can number the dust of the earth, he shall number thy seed also.

17 Arise therefore, and go through the land, through the length and breadth thereof: for unto thee will I give it.

18 So Abram lifted up his tents, and came and dwelt in the grove of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.