1 ¶ Thus Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had and Lot with him into the Negev.

So Abram left Egypt and went to the Negev, with his wife and all that belonged to him. And Lot went with him.

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

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

3 A nd he retraced his journeys from the side of the Negev even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai,

He traveled from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

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

where he had made an altar. And there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

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

Now Lot, who went with Abram, had flocks and cattle and tents of his own.

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

There was not enough land to feed all the animals while they lived together. They owned so many things that they were not able to stay together.

7 A nd there was a strife between the pastors of Abram’s cattle and the pastors of Lot’s cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.

There was fighting between those who cared for Abram’s animals and those who cared for Lot’s animals. The Canaanite and the Perizzite were living in the land at that time.

8 T hen Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee and between my pastors and thine, for we are brethren.

So Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no fighting between you and me or between the men who take care of our animals, for we are brothers.

9 I s 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.

Is not the whole land in front of you? Let each of us go a different way. If you go to the left, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”

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

Lot looked and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

11 T hen Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other.

So Lot chose all the Jordan valley for himself. And as Lot traveled east, they went apart from each other.

12 A bram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tents toward Sodom.

Abram made his home in the land of Canaan. Lot made his home in the cities of the valley and moved his tents as far as Sodom,

13 B ut the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

whose men were sinful, sinning against the Lord.

14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after Lot separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes and look from the place where thou art towards the Aquilon and to the Negev and to the east and to the west;

The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had left him, “Raise your eyes and look from where you are to the north and south and east and west.

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

For I will give all the land that you see to you and to your children and to your children’s children forever.

16 A nd I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if someone could number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

I will make your family after you like the dust of the earth. So if anyone could number the dust of the earth, then he could number your children’s children.

17 A rise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it, for I must give it unto thee.

Rise up and walk far and wide upon the land. For I will give it to you.”

18 T hen Abram removed his tent and came and dwelt among the terebinth trees of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

Then Abram moved his tent and came to live among the oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord.