1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all
that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
2 And
Abram was very
rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 And
he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his
tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
4 Unto
the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram
called on the name of the LORD.
5 And
Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And
the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their
substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 And
there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of
Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8 And
Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee,
and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before thee?
separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the
right; or if thou depart to
the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10 And
Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well
watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as
the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 Then
Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they
separated themselves the one from the other.
12 Abram
dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and
pitched his tent
toward Sodom.
13 But
the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
14 And
the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now
thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward,
and eastward, and westward:
15 For
all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for
ever.
16 And
I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the
dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise,
walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will
give it unto thee.
18 Then
Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain
of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar
unto the LORD.
