[1] And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot
with him, and they came in to the South. [2] Now Abram had great wealth of
cattle and silver and gold. [3] And travelling on from the South, he came
to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el
and Ai; [4] To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram
gave worship to the name of the Lord. [5] And Lot, who went with him, had
flocks and herds and tents; [6] So that the land was not wide enough for
the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for
them together. [7] And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's
cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and
Perizzites were still living in the land. [8] Then Abram said to Lot, Let
there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your
herdmen, for we are brothers. [9] Is not all the land before you? then let
us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or
if you take the right, I will go to the left. [10] And Lot, lifting up his
eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered
everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it
was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to
Zoar. [11] So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to
the east, and they were parted from one another. [12] Abram went on living
in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent
as far as Sodom. [13] Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners
before the Lord. [14] And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted
from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the
south, to the east and to the west: [15] For all the land which you see I
will give to you and to your seed for ever. [16] And I will make your
children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may
be numbered, then will your children be numbered. [17] Come, go through all
the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you. [18] And
Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.
