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 from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.

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

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, 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 --

He went on his journeys from the Negev 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.

to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; 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;

Now 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;

And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain 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 livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now 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, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.

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? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, 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,

Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere— this was 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;

So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other.

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 settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.

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

Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and 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 separated from him, “ Now lift up 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 it to you and to your descendants 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;

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.

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 about the land through its length and breadth; 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 by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.