Genesis 13:2–10

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

³He went ¹on his journeys from the ²Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, ^abetween Bethel and Ai,

⁴to the place of the ^aaltar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

⁵Now ^aLot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

⁶And ^athe land could not ¹sustain them ²while dwelling together, ^bfor their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

^7aAnd there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now ^bthe Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

^8aSo Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.

⁹“Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.”

¹⁰Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the ^1avalley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the Lord ^bdestroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like ^cthe garden of the Lord, ^dlike the land of Egypt as you go to ^eZoar.