CHAPTER 13
So Abram
went up
out of Egypt
into the Negev—
he
and his wife
and all his possessions—
and Lot was
with him.
From the Negev
he journeyed
from place to place
toward
Bethel,
until he came
to
the place
between
Bethel
and Ai
where
his tent
had formerly
been pitched,
But the land
was unable
to support
both of them
while they stayed
together,
for
they had
so many
possessions
that they were unable
to coexist.
And there was
discord
between
the herdsmen
of Abram
and the herdsmen
of Lot.
At that time
the Canaanites
and the Perizzites
were also living
in the land.
So Abram
said
to
Lot,
“Please
let there be
no
contention
between you and me,
or between
your herdsmen
and my herdsmen.
After all,
we
are brothers.
Is not
the whole
land
before you?
Now
separate yourself
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.”
Lot
looked out
and saw
that the whole
plain
of the Jordan,
all the way
to Zoar,
was well watered
like the garden
of the LORD,
like the land
of Egypt.
(This was before
the LORD
destroyed
Sodom
and Gomorrah.)
So Lot
chose
the whole
plain
of the Jordan
for himself
and
set out
toward the east.
And Abram and Lot parted
company.
Abram
lived
in the land
of Canaan,
but Lot
settled
in the cities
of the plain
and pitched his tent
toward
Sodom.
After
Lot
had departed,
the LORD
said
to
Abram,
“Now
lift up
your eyes
from
the place
where
you
are,
and look
to the north
and south
and east
and west.
I will make
your offspring
like the dust
of the earth,
so that
if
one
could
count
the dust
of the earth,
then
your offspring
could be counted.
So Abram
moved his tent
and went
to live
near the oaks
of Mamre
in Hebron,
where
he built
an altar
to the LORD.