Genesis 13:1–13

¹And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the south. ²And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. ³And he went on his journeys from the south as far as Bethel; as far as the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai; ⁴to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

⁵And Lot also who went with Abram had flocks, and herds, and tents. ⁶And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together. ⁷And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land. ⁸And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren. ⁹Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if to the left, then I will take the right; and if to the right, then I will take the left.

¹⁰And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar. ¹¹And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other: ¹²Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom. ¹³And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.