Chapter 13

And Abram went up⁴ out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

And Abram [was] very rich¹ in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

And he went⁴ on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been¹ at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

Unto the place of the altar, which he had made¹ there at the first: and there Abram called⁴ on the name of the LORD.

And Lot also, which went⁶ with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

And the land was not able to bear¹ them, that they might dwell² together: for their substance was great, so that they could¹ not dwell² together.

And there was a strife between the herdmen⁶ of Abram's cattle and the herdmen⁶ of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled⁶ then in the land.

And Abram said⁴ unto Lot, Let there be⁴ no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen⁶ and thy herdmen;⁶ for we [be] brethren.

[Is] not the whole land before thee? separate¹⁰ thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right;⁵⁵ or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.⁵⁵

And Lot lifted up⁴ his eyes, and beheld⁴ all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed¹⁵ Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest² unto Zoar.

Then Lot chose⁴ him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed⁴ east: and they separated¹¹ themselves the one from the other.

Abram dwelled¹ in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled¹ in the cities of the plain, and pitched [his] tent⁴ toward Sodom.

But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

And the LORD said¹ unto Abram, after that Lot was separated⁹ from him, Lift up³ now thine eyes, and look³ from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

For all the land which thou seest,⁶ to thee will I give⁴ it, and to thy seed for ever.

And I will make¹ thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can⁴ number² the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered.¹¹

Arise,³ walk¹⁰⁰ through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give⁴ it unto thee.

Then Abram removed [his] tent,⁴ and came⁴ and dwelt⁴ in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built⁴ there an altar unto the LORD.