 1 Abram left Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot was with him into the south. 2 Abram was very rich in cattle, silver, and gold. 3 He went on his journey from the south to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been from the beginning, between Bethel and Hai, 4 to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And Abram called on the name of the Lord there. 5 Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 But the land was not able to support+ them so that they might live together. For their substance was great, so they could not live together. 7 There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land. 8 Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I ask you between you and me and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen. For we are brothers. 9 Is not the whole land before you? I ask you to separate from me. If you go to the left, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right, then I will go to the left. 10 Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the circuit of Jordan, that it was all well watered before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar. 11 Lot chose all the circuit of Jordan for himself so he traveled east and they separated from one another. 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan and Lot lived in the cities of the circuit and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord, exceedingly so. 14 After Lot was separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, Lift up your eyes now and look from the place where you are northward and southward, and eastward and westward. 15 For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever. 16 I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then shall your descendants also be counted. 17 Rise up and walk through the land, in the length of it and in the width of it, for I will give it to you. 18 Abram moved his tent and lived in the oaks of Mamre that is in Hebron and built an altar to the Lord there.
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