Genesis 13:5–11

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.

¹¹So Lot chose for himself all the ¹valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other.