1 S o Abram left Egypt and went to the Negev, with his wife and all that belonged to him. And 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.
2 N ow Abram was very rich in cattle, silver and gold.
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 H e traveled from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
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 w here he had made an altar. And there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
5 N ow Lot, who went with Abram, had flocks and cattle and tents of his own.
And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 T here 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.
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 T here 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.
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 S o 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.
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 I s 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.”
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 L ot 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.)
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 S o Lot chose all the Jordan valley for himself. And as Lot traveled east, they went apart from each other.
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
12 A bram 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,
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 w hose men were sinful, sinning against the Lord.
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
14 T he 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.
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 F or I will give all the land that you see to you and to your children and to your children’s children forever.
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16 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.
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 R ise up and walk far and wide upon the land. For I will give 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.
18 T hen Abram moved his tent and came to live among the oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to 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.