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

And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;

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

and Abram exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in 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,

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 --

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.

unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.

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

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

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.

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;

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.

and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite then dwelling in the land.

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.

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 men -- brethren.

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 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.'

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.

And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it 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,

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.

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;

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 hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom;

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

and the men of Sodom evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.

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;

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, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

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

for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age.

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.

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;

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

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.

And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.