Genesis 13

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Abram and Lot Part Ways

¹So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

¹And Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had—and Lot with him—to the Negev.

²And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

²And Abram was very rich in the livestock, in the silver, and in the gold.

³From 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,

³And he went on his journey from the Negev, and even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning between Bethel and between Ai,

⁴to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

⁴to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of YHWH.

⁵Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

⁵And also Lot, who went with Abram, had a flock and a herd, and tents.

⁶But 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.

⁶And the land was not able to support them to dwell together, for their possessions were great, and they were not able to dwell together.

⁷And 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.

⁷And there was strife between the shepherds of livestock of Abram and between the shepherds of livestock of Lot. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were then dwelling in the land.

⁸So 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 kinsmen.

⁸And Abram said to Lot, “Please let there not be strife between me and between you, and between my shepherds and between your shepherds, for we are men—brothers.

⁹Is 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.”

⁹Is not all the land before you? Separate, please, from me—if to the left, then I will go to the right; and if to the right, then I will go to the left.”

Lot Proceeds toward Sodom

¹⁰And 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.)

¹⁰And Lot lifted up his eyes, and he saw all the plain of the Jordan, for all of it was well watered (before YHWH destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of YHWH, like the land of Egypt, as you go toward Zoar.

¹¹So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

¹¹And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed toward the east. And they separated, a man from his brother.

¹²Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

¹²Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and he pitched his tent toward Sodom.

¹³But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

¹³And the men of Sodom were wicked and exceedingly sinful before YHWH.

God Renews the Promise to Abram

¹⁴After 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,

¹⁴And YHWH said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you are—northward and southward and eastward and westward.

¹⁵for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.^a

¹⁵For all the land that you are seeing, I give to you and to your seed unto eternity.

¹⁶I 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.

¹⁶And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man is able to number the dust of the earth, then also your seed could be numbered.

¹⁷Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”

¹⁷Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for to you I give it.”

¹⁸So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks^a of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

¹⁸And Abram moved his tent, and he went and dwelt by the Oaks of Mamre which are in Hebron, and he built there an altar to YHWH.