1 T hen Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South.

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

2 A bram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

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

3 A nd he went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

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 t o the place of the altar which he had made there at 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 L ot 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 N ow the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were 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 strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt 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 S o Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; 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 you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, 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 A nd Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward 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 Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each 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 tent even as far as 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 exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord.

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

14 A nd the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward;

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 you see I give to you and your descendants forever.

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 your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could 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 in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”

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 moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord.

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