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.

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

2 N ow Abram was very rich in cattle, silver and gold.

Abram was very rich in livestock, 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 journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

4 w here he had made an altar. And there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

to the place of the altar which he had made there at 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.

Lot also, who 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.

Now 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.

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 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.

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.

So 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.

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 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.”

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 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.

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 for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each 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 dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.

13 w hose men were sinful, sinning against the Lord.

But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord.

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 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;

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 you see I give to you and your descendants forever.

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 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.

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

Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”

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 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.