Genesis 13:5–11

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 7}and 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 11}So Lot chose the entire plain of the Jordan for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.