Genesis 13

¹So Abram went up from Egypt , he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb .

²Now Abram was very rich in livestock , in silver , and in gold .

³And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning , between Bethel and Ai ,

⁴to the place where he had made an altar at the first . And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord.

⁵And Lot , who went with Abram , also had flocks and herds and tents ,

⁶so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together ; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together ,

⁷and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock . At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land .

⁸Then Abram said to Lot , Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen , for we are kinsmen .

⁹Is not the whole land before you ? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand , then I will go to the right , or if you take the right hand , then I will go to the left .

¹⁰And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt , in the direction of Zoar . (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah .)

¹¹So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley , and Lot journeyed east . Thus they separated from each other .

¹²Abram settled in the land of Canaan , while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom .

¹³Now the men of Sodom were wicked , great sinners against the Lord.

¹⁴The Lord said to Abram , after Lot had separated from him, Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward ,

¹⁵for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever .

¹⁶I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth , so that if one can count the dust of the earth , your offspring also can be counted .

¹⁷Arise , walk through the length and the breadth of the land , for I will give it to you.

¹⁸So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre , which are at Hebron , and there he built an altar to the Lord.