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

So Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.

2 a nd Abram exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Now Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold.

3 A nd 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 --

And he journeyed on from the South 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 made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.

Where he had built an altar at first; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

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

But Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

6 a nd the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;

Now the land was not able to nourish and support them so they could dwell together, for their possessions were too great for them to live together.

7 a nd 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.

And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

8 A nd 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.

So Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I beg of you, between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are relatives.

9 I s 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.'

Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself, I beg of you, from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right hand, then I will go to the left.

10 A nd 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,

And Lot looked and saw that everywhere the Jordan Valley was well watered. Before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.

11 a nd 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;

Then Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley and traveled east. So they separated.

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

Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom and dwelt there.

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

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

14 A nd 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;

The Lord said to Abram after Lot had left him, Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

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

For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your posterity forever.

16 A nd 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;

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then could your descendants also be counted.

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

Arise, walk through the land, the length of it and the breadth of it, for I will give it to you.

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

Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt among the oaks or terebinths of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and built there an altar to the Lord.