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1 Abram
went up out
of Egypt—he,
his wife, all that
he had, and
Lot with him—into
the South.
2 Abram was
very rich in
livestock, in
silver, and in
gold.
3 He
went on his
journeys from the
South as far
as Bethel, to
the place where
his tent had been
at the beginning,
between Bethel and
Ai,
4 to
the place of
the altar, which
he had made
there at the
first. There Abram
called on the
LORD’s name.
5 Lot
also, who went
with Abram, had
flocks, herds,
and tents.
6 The land
was not able
to bear them,
that they might
live together; for
their possessions
were so great
that they couldn’t
live together.
7 There
was strife between
the herdsmen
of Abram’s livestock
and the herdsmen
of Lot’s livestock.
The Canaanites and
the Perizzites
lived in the land
at that time.
8 Abram said to
Lot, “Please, let
there be no
strife between you
and me, and between
your herdsmen and
my herdsmen; for
we are relatives.
9 Isn’t the
whole land before
you? Please
separate yourself
from me. If you
go to the
left hand, then
I will go
to the right.
Or if you go
to the right
hand, then I
will go to
the left.”
10 Lot
lifted up his
eyes, and saw
all the plain
of the 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 to Zoar.
11 So
Lot chose the
Plain of the
Jordan for himself.
Lot traveled east,
and they separated
themselves from
one another.
12 Abram lived
in the land of
Canaan, and Lot
lived in the
cities of the
plain, and moved
his tent as far
as Sodom.
13 Now the
men of Sodom
were exceedingly
wicked and sinners
against the LORD.
14 The
LORD said to Abram,
after Lot was
separated from him,
“Now, lift up
your eyes, and
look from the
place where you
are, northward and
southward and
eastward and
westward,
15 for
I will give
all the land which
you see to
you and to
your offspring
forever.
16 I
will make your
offspring as the
dust of the
earth, so that
if a man can
count the dust
of the earth,
then your
offspring may also
be counted.
17 Arise,
walk through
the land in
its length and in
its width; for
I will give
it to you.”
18 Abram moved
his tent, and came
and lived by
the oaks of Mamre,
which are in
Hebron, and built
an altar there
to the LORD.