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 left Egypt and went to the Negev, with his wife and all that belonged to him. And Lot went with him.

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

Now Abram was very rich in cattle, silver and 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 traveled 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.

where he had made an altar. 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, had flocks and cattle and tents of his own.

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;

There 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.

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.

There 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.

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 fighting between you and me or between the men who take care of our animals, 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 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.”

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 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.)

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 all the Jordan valley for himself. And as Lot traveled east, they went apart 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 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,

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

whose men were sinful, sinning 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, “Raise your eyes and look from where you are to the north and south and east and west.

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 I will give all the land that you see to you and to your children and to your children’s children 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 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.

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

Rise up and walk far and wide upon the land. 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 to live among the oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord.