13Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev^s—he, his wife, and all he had, and Lot with him. ²Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold. ³He went by stages from the Negev to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been, ⁴to the site where he had built the altar. And Abram called on the name of the Lord there.^t

⁵Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents. ⁶But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,^u ⁷and there was quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock.^v (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.)^w

⁸So Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives. ⁹Isn’t the whole land before you? Separate from me: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

¹⁰Lot looked out and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan^a as far as Zoar^b was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden^c and the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)^d ¹¹So Lot chose the entire plain of the Jordan for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other. ¹²Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived in the cities on the plain and set up his tent near Sodom. ¹³(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely^B against the Lord.)^e

¹⁴After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,^f ¹⁵for I will give you and your offspring^C forever all the land that you see.^g ¹⁶I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth,^h so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. ¹⁷Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.”

¹⁸So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre at Hebron,ⁱ where he built an altar to the Lord.

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Footnotes

B evil and sinful
CLit seed

Cross references

s Gn 12:9
t Gn 12:7,8
u Gn 36:7
v Gn 26:20
w Gn 12:6; 15:20–21
a Gn 19:17–29
b Gn 14:2,8; Dt 34:3
c Gn 2:8–10
d Gn 19:24–25
e Gn 18:20; Ezk 16:49; 2Pt 2:7–8
f Gn 28:14
g Gn 12:7; 15:18; 17:8; 24:7; 26:4; 28:13; 35:12; Dt 34:4; 2Ch 20:7; Ac 7:5
h Gn 16:10; 28:14; Nm 23:10
i Gn 14:13; 18:1; 23:17–19