Genesis 13

Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev Desert. He took his wife and everything he had. Lot went with him.

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

Abram had become very rich. He had a lot of livestock and silver and gold.

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

Abram left the Negev Desert. He went from place to place until he came to Bethel. Then he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier.

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;

There he called on the name of the Lord at the altar he had built.

Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Lot was moving around with Abram. Lot also had flocks and herds and tents.

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

But the land didn’t have enough food for both Abram and Lot. They had large herds and many servants, so they weren’t able to stay together.

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.

The people who took care of Abram’s herds and those who took care of Lot’s herds began to argue. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

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.

So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not argue with each other. The people taking care of your herds and those taking care of mine shouldn’t argue with one another either. After all, we’re part of the same family.

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.

Isn’t the whole land in front of you? Let’s separate. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right. If you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”

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.

Lot looked around. He saw that the whole Jordan River valley toward the town of Zoar had plenty of water. It was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

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.

So Lot chose the whole Jordan River valley for himself. Then he started out toward the east. The two men separated.

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

Abram lived in the land of Canaan. Lot lived among the cities of the Jordan River valley. He set up his tents near Sodom.

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

The people of Sodom were evil. They were sinning greatly against the Lord.

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

The Lord spoke to Abram after Lot had left him. He said, “Look around from where you are. Look north and south, east and west.

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:

I will give you all the land you see. I will give it forever to you and your family who comes after you.

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

I will make them like the dust of the earth. Can dust be counted? If it can, then your family can be counted.

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.

Go! Walk through the land. See how long and wide it is. I am giving it to you.”

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

So Abram went to live near the large trees of Mamre at Hebron. There he pitched his tents and built an altar to honor the Lord.

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.